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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe

Activists appeal for rescue of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea in leaking boat

People holding umbrellas walk along a road next to piled-up sandbags and makeshift buildings
Rohingya refugees at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Activists have called for urgent assistance to rescue 160 Rohingya refugees, including young children, who they say are stranded at sea on a damaged boat and have been without food or water for days.

The boat, which activists say is near Malaysian waters, is believed to have left on 25 November from Bangladesh, where almost 1 million Rohingya live in squalid and cramped refugee camps.

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