More than 500 feared dead after reports of two shipwrecks off Myanmar, UN says
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The United Nations has said more than 500 people are feared dead after reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its refugee agency UNHCR voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports “that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days”.
Preliminary information indicated that the two vessels in question departed from war-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine state in late June, with mainly members of the country’s mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboard, the statement said.
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The United Nations has said more than 500 people are feared dead after reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its refugee agency UNHCR voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports “that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days”.
Preliminary information indicated that the two vessels in question departed from war-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine state in late June, with mainly members of the country’s mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboard, the statement said.