13,000 boat people flee Myanmar, Bangladesh: UN
- Published: 4 Jan 2013 at 18.45
- Online news: Asia
About 13,000 boat people, including many stateless Rohingya Muslims, fled Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh in 2012 with hundreds dying during the perilous sea voyage, the UN said Friday.
Myanmar Rohingya refugees disembark on Langkawi island, in Malaysia's northern Kedah state last week. About 13,000 boat people, including many stateless Rohingya Muslims, fled Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh in 2012 with hundreds dying during the perilous sea voyage, the UN said Friday
A wave of deadly sectarian violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine has triggered an exodus of refugees, mostly heading for Malaysia.
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