More Rohingya refugees found adrift off Thailand’s coast

Added by AIT on January 26, 2013.
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PHUKET: Another group of desperate Rohingya refugees found shelter along the Khura Buri coast north of Phuket yesterday after 25 days at sea, making them the third group to land along Thailand’s Andaman coast this month.

The 96 refugees shared the same harrowing story as the 179 who came ashore on January 23: days at sea surviving on scant rations of water and uncooked rice.

Read more: The Phuket Gazette

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