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Bangladesh rescues 33 ‘Malaysia-bound’ Rohingya from sea

COX’S BAZAR (BANGLADESH) (AFP) – Bangladesh’s coast guard rescued 33 Rohingya and detained six alleged human traffickers from a fishing trawler headed for Malaysia in the Bay of Bengal, an official said Wednesday. The rescued included 14 men, 10 women and nine children who had been living in refugee camps in the southeastern Bangladesh district of Cox’s Bazar, according to Fayezul Islam… Read more »