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UN urges Southeast Asia governments to rescue stranded Rohingya

Rohingya continue to risk the dangerous journey across the Andaman Sea in the hope of a better life in Malaysia or Indonesia [File: Aditya Setiawan via Reuters]

The United Nations Refugee Agency has urged countries in Southeast Asia to rescue some 200 Rohingya refugees whose unseaworthy boat has been reported drifting in the Andaman Sea.

The UNCHR said in a statement on Thursday that it had received reports that the Rohingya had been stranded on a boat off the coast of Thailand since its engines failed on December 1.

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