More than 500 feared dead after reports of two shipwrecks off Myanmar, UN says
The IOM and UNHCR have voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports ‘that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days’. Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe IOM and UNHCR have voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports ‘that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days’.
- ▪The IOM and UNHCR have voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports ‘that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days’.
- ▪Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe IOM and UNHCR have voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports ‘that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent da
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The IOM and UNHCR have voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports ‘that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days’. Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe IOM and UNHCR have voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports ‘that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days’. Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty ImagesRohingyaMore than 500 feared dead after reports of two shipwrecks off Myanmar, UN saysVessels believed to have departed from Myanmar in late June, with mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboardAgence France-PresseThu 16 Jul 2026 03.22 EDTFirst published on Thu 16 Jul 2026 01.36 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe United Nations…
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