Tag: Naf river
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Uncertain fate of Rohingya women
Amina Khatun, a 40-year-old Rohingya woman, was sitting in front of the door of her tiny shelter house with her two-year-old son Salam. She somehow managed to flee Myanmar along with her son but her husband Abdul Rashid was not so lucky. He was killed by the Myanmar army. She reached the shores of the …
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January 16, 2018 -
20 Rohingya refugees drown fleeing Myanmar
The bodies of 20 Rohingya refugees, including children, were recovered from Naf River on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border after their boat capsized while they were fleeing violence in Myanmar that has forced at least 18,500 Rohingyas to seek refuge across the border. An official said the boat carrying the Rohingyas was attempting to cross the border …
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August 31, 2017