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Sri Lanka’s navy rescued greater than 100 individuals believed to be Rohingya refugees who the place discovered adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman stated Friday.
Navy spokesman Gayan Wickramasuriya stated fishermen had noticed the refugees, together with 25 youngsters and 30 girls, off Sri Lanka’s northern coast on Thursday. Navy vessels then escorted the trawler to naval base on Sri Lanka’s east coast the place they got medical care, meals and water.
Wickramasuriya stated the navy hasn’t but confirmed whether or not the refugees are Rohingya due to communication difficulties. However the navy believes the group to be from Myanmar.
The rescue mirrored an identical incident in 2022 when the Sri Lankan navy picked up 100 Rohingya refugees who had been additionally discovered adrift aboard a fishing boat inside Sri Lankan waters.
Tons of of hundreds of the predominantly Muslim Rohingya have fled Myanmar amid widespread discrimination. Most are denied citizenship.
About 1 million Rohingya stay in Bangladesh as refugees. Most of them had fled a brutal counterinsurgency marketing campaign in 2017 by Myanmar’s safety forces, who had been accused of committing mass rapes and killings.
Hundreds have been attempting to flee Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps to neighboring nations with Indonesia seeing a spike in refugee numbers since November which prompted it to name on the worldwide group for assist. Rohingya arriving in Aceh face some hostility from some fellow Muslims.
Returning safely to Myanmar is nearly not possible as a result of the army that attacked them overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected authorities in 2021. No nation has supplied them any large-scale resettlement alternatives.
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Bharatha Mallawarachi , 2024-12-20 07:56:00
