Some 150 have since been repatriated to Bangladesh. But the rest are being held in border camps while Bangladesh and Myanmar decide their original nationality.
The rescues have infuriated Buddhist hardliners who want the Rohingya -- one of the world’s most persecuted minorities -- expelled from Myanmar altogether and say the central government should not help those stranded in the Bay of Bengal.
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