Myanmar sends nearly 200 Rohingya captured at sea to Rakhine camps

Rohingya refugees in a camp in Rakhine watching a live feed on a mobile phone. Nearly 200 Rohingya Muslims arrested at sea last month by Myanmar's navy after a voyage of hundreds of kilometres have been sent back to Rakhine state, officials said on Tuesday (Jan 14). - AFP

SITTWE: Nearly 200 Rohingya Muslims arrested at sea last month by Myanmar's navy after a voyage of hundreds of kilometres have been sent back to Rakhine state, officials said on Tuesday (Jan 14).

Seasonal calmer waters have seen an increase in the number of Rohingya putting their lives in the hands of traffickers in a desperate bid to reach Malaysia or Indonesia by boat.