Hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh

Seeking asylum: Rohingya refugees gathering to collect drinking water at Nayapara refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. — AFP

AT least three boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh this week, the latest in a wave of migrations that has seen more than 1,000 asylum seekers arrive on Indonesian shores.

Bangladesh is home to around one million Rohingya refugees, most of whom fled a violent 2017 crackdown by the Myanmar military that is now subject to a United Nations genocide probe.