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Indian Coast Guards feeding stranded Rohingyas on high seas   Tue, Feb 23 2021 12:10:19 PM By Subir Bhaumik Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS): Indian Coast Guards vessels have reached a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and three Bangladesh crewmen which drifted into India s territorial waters a day back. Humanitarian groups monitoring the plight of the stranded Rohingya group on high sea said the Indian Coast Guards have given them some food and water, but a full rescue operation has not yet happened. The last we heard from the Rohingyas was on Monday evening when the one sat-phone in the boat was still working. They reported that the Indian vessels had reached their boat and some food and water has been provided, said Chris Lewa of the Bangkok-based Arakan Project .

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