Legislators call for rescue of 200 stranded Rohingya refugees

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 21, 2022 12:12 am

JAKARTA: Southeast Asian politicians on Tuesday called for the rescue of a boat carrying as many as 200 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, stranded at sea for several weeks.

Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, who are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, risk their lives each year in long, expensive sea journeys — often in poorly maintained vessels — trying to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

In this file photo taken on October 16, 2017, Rohingya refugees walk through a shallow canal after crossing the Naf River as they flee violence in Myanmar to reach Bangladesh in Palongkhali near Ukhia. AFP PHOTO

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