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DHAKA, Apr 15: About 250 people, including children, were feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
\n\u201cThe trawler, which departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh and was on its way to Malaysia, reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas, and overcrowding,\u201d the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement.
\nUNHCR said the disappearance reflected the protracted displacement of Rohingya people and the absence of durable solutions.
\nThousands of Rohingya, Myanmar\u2019s persecuted Muslim minority, risk their lives every year fleeing repression and civil war in their country. They travel by sea, often aboard makeshift boats.
\nThe Rohingya on board this latest boat were likely leaving huge camps in Bangladesh\u2019s Cox\u2019s Bazar, where more than a million refugees forced to flee Myanmar\u2019s western state of Rakhine live in squalid conditions.
\nUNHCR said ongoing violence in Rakhine state has made the Rohingyas\u2019 safe return to Myanmar uncertain, and limited humanitarian assistance, restricted access to education and employment in refugee camps, continue to push vulnerable Rohingya refugees to choose risky sea journeys, often based on false promises of higher wages and better opportunities abroad.
\nRakhine state has been the scene of fierce fighting between the military and the Arakan Army, an ethnic minority rebel group, over control of the territory. The exact circumstances surrounding the latest incident were unclear, but preliminary information indicated that the vessel was carrying some 280 people and left Bangladesh on April 4.
\nThe Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) said one of its ships, which was on the way to Indonesia, managed to rescue nine people from the sea, including one woman, on April 9.
\n\u201cThe Bangladeshi flag carrier M.T. Meghna Pride\u2026 spotted several people floating in the sea using drums and logs and rescued them from deep waters near the Andaman Islands,\u201d BCG spokesman Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan told AFP.
\n\u2018Burned by oil\u2019
\nRafiqul Islam, one of the survivors, told AFP that he was lured on to the boat by traffickers who promised him a job in Malaysia.
\n\u201cA number of us were kept in the holding area of the trawler, some died there. I was burned by oil that spilled from the trawler,\u201d said Rafiqul, 40, adding that the vessel travelled for four days before it capsized.
\n\u201cWe floated for nearly 36 hours before a ship rescued us from deep water.\u201d
\nRelatively affluent Malaysia is home to millions of migrants from poorer parts of Asia, many of them undocumented, working in industries including construction and agriculture.
\nBut sea crossings, facilitated by human trafficking syndicates, are hazardous and often lead to overloaded boats capsizing.
\nThe UNHCR said the latest incident reflected the \u201cdire consequences of protracted displacement and the absence of durable solutions for the Rohingya\u201d.
\n\u201cThis tragedy is a reminder of the efforts urgently needed to address the root causes of displacement in Myanmar and create conditions that would allow Rohingya refugees to return home voluntarily, safely and with dignity,\u201d it said.
\nThe Andaman Sea stretches along the western shores of Myanmar, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula.
\nLast year, the UNHCR said that 427 Rohingya were feared dead at sea in two shipwrecks off the Myanmar coast in May.<\/p>\n

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