Rescue Calls for Stranded Boat Holding 200 Rohingya Refugees
"It is disgraceful that a boat filled with men, women, and children in grave danger has been allowed to remain adrift."
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com \- Southeast Asian politicians called Tuesday, Dec. 20, 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, heavily persecuted in Myanmar, risk their lives each year in long, expensive sea journeys - often in vessels in poor condition - trying to reach Malaysia or Indonesia. The boat carrying the refugees has been reported in waters close to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea and the Malacca Strait, one of the world's busiest shippi...