Desert or sea: Virus traps migrants in mid-route danger zone

Rohingya refugees gathering in the "no man's land" behind Myanmar's boder lined with barb wire fences in Maungdaw district, Rakhine state bounded by Bangladesh. - AFP

YANGON: In another shocking case of migrants at a total loss, at least 29 Rohingya refugees from a fishing boat floating in the Bay of Bengal for weeks have landed on an island in southern Bangladesh, officials said Sunday (May 3).

The refugees, including 15 women and six children, landed on Bhasan Char island on Saturday and are believed to be from one of several boats stuck at sea, said Tonmoy Das, local chief government official in Noakhali district. Das said food, doctors and a team of 10 policemen were sent to the island to take care of the refugees.