Coast guards escorting the refugees following the incident on Feb 11, 2020. - AFP
COX'S BAZAR (AFP): At least 15 people drowned and dozens are unaccounted for after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh early Tuesday (Feb 11), officials said.
Some 130 people - mainly women and children - were packed on a trawler that was trying to cross the Bay of Bengal to reach Malaysia, coast guard spokesman Hamidul Islam told AFP.
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