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(16 Apr 2020) Bangladesh's coast guard has rescued 396 starving Rohingya refugees who had been drifting at sea for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia, officials said Thursday.
The UN refugee agency received them from the authorities, UNHCR said in a statement.
The refugees, including many women and children, were attempting to land on Bangladesh's coast in the Teknaf area in Cox’s Bazar late Wednesday night, said Lt. Cmdr. M. Sohel Rana, the local head of the coast guard.
Officials gave varying accounts of whether those rescued had been among the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who are living in refugee camps in Bangladesh after fleeing ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar.
One of those rescued, Abul Kalam, said they started their journey for Malaysia two and a half months ago.
The rescued refugees included 182 women and 64 children.
Local media reported that up to 28 people died but officials could not confirm it.
The United News of Bangladesh and bdnews24.com said they died of starvation.
A UNHRC spokeswoman said the refugees would enter a 14-day quarantine as a precaution against the new coronavirus.

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