Highlights

  • The boat suffered an engine failure on December 4
  • Boat was reportedly heading to Malaysia from Bangladesh
  • Stranded refugees are mostly women and children

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Many have died of starvation and dehydration since the boat from Bangladesh went adrift on 4 December due to a purported engine malfunction

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Atleast 100 Rohingyas are stranded in a boat off India’s Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have died of starvation according to reports by Al Jazeera.

The boat, which set off from south Bangladesh on 26 November suffered an engine failure on 4 December after which it drifted into Indian waters.

The refugees on board had escaped from a refugee camp in Bangladesh and were heading in the boat to Malaysia via Indonesia.

Also watch: Resolution introduced in US House: Pakistan committed genocide in Bangladesh

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