OVER the centuries, millions have made the perilous journey from South Asia across the Bay of Bengal to South-East Asia in search of trade, employment and a better life – sometimes voluntarily, sometimes driven or forced by circumstances.
Every year, thousands of the near-destitute, usually stateless minority Rohingyas on both sides of the Myanmar-Bangladesh border – and poor Bangladeshis too – board smugglers’ boats for a few US dollars or even free of charge, having been told they can pay later.
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