Bangladesh Rescues Hundreds Of Rohingya Stranded At Sea
April 16, 2020
1:28 pm
At least 24 Rohingya died at sea after their boat failed to reach Malaysia, the coastguard in Bangladesh said on Thursday after rescuing 396 Rohingya people from the vessel which had been adrift for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia.
The official said a “final decision” had been made to send those rescued to neighbouring Myanmar. The coastguard initially said 382 had been rescued but later revised the number higher.
![rescued refugees in Cox's Bazaar [Abdul Aziz/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2020/4/16/3f6df15056c1415592d9ac21610167d2_18.jpg "rescued refugees in Cox's Bazaar [Abdul Aziz/Al Jazeera]")
Video images showed a crowd of mostly women and children, some stick-thin and barely able to stand, being helped to shore. One refugee told a reporter that the group had
