At least 100 Rohingya refugees are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have died of thirst, hunger or drowned – activist groups
Each year many Rohingya risk their lives boarding rickety vessels to escape deadly violence in Myanmar and squalor in Bangladesh refugee camps.
"We estimate that probably as many as 20 have died… some from hunger and thirst, and others jumped overboard in desperation. This is absolutely awful and outrageous," said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project which works to support Myanmar's Rohingyas.Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network’s Rohingya Working Group said the group had been adrift for more than two weeks.
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