Boat with 130 Rohingya refugees capsizes off Myanmar, IOM says

A boat carrying 130 Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar has capsized off the Bay of Bengal, the International Organization for Migration said on Thursday.

migrator|29 Sept 2017 2:45 AM IST

People watch as bodies of children and Rohingya refugees are transported after their boat capsized

Geneva

IOM’s Bangladesh office tweeted that 13 bodies had been recovered, including 8 children.

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