Unable to escape: Myanmar Navy personnel escorting a group of Rohingya back to their camp in Sittwe, after they were caught fleeing on a boat.— AFP
Yangon: Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned, the UN refugee agency said.
Images of hungry and thirsty Rohingya huddled on boats have stirred memories of a 2015 crisis, when thousands of fleeing Rohingya were stuck at sea as a trafficking trail south collapsed.
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