Rahela Begum, a Rohingya survivor, is carried on a bamboo stretcher to a hospital after being rescued on April 9, 2026 from a capsized boat, at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on April 15, 2026. Suzauddin Rubel/AP Photo
Around 250 people were missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations’ refugee and migration agencies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
The UN agencies said the trawler carrying around 250 men, women and children reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding. It had departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia.
