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UN concerned over disappearance of two boats carrying over 500 Rohingya Muslims
The United Nations expressed concern that over 500 people may have died after two boats carrying mostly Rohingya Muslims went missing after departing Myanmar.
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The United Nations (UN) expressed concern that over 500 people may have died after two boats carrying mostly Rohingya Muslims went missing after departing Myanmar.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in a joint statement that the boats were largely carrying Rohingya Muslims and had set out from Myanmar's Rakhine state at the end of June.
Contact was lost with the first boat, estimated to be carrying around 250 people, shortly after it set sail. The second boat, carrying around 280 people, is believed to have capsized off Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region on July 8.
The statement stressed that the details of the incident and data on possible casualties have not yet been officially confirmed. UNHCR and IOM expressed 'deep concern over the possibility of large-scale loss of life.'
The organizations also drew attention to the lack of a lasting solution to the Rohingya issue and called on the international community to provide support to people in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Myanmar's Interior Ministry spokesperson Soe Lin Aung declined to comment on the matter.
Violence against Rohingya Muslims
In 2012, clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state left thousands dead, mostly Muslims, and hundreds of homes and businesses were burned.
After coordinated attacks on border posts in Rakhine on August 25, 2017, the Myanmar military and Buddhist nationalists launched widespread violence. According to UN figures, the number of Rakhine residents who fled persecution and violence to seek refuge in Bangladesh after August 2017 exceeded 900,000.
International human rights organizations released satellite images showing the destruction of hundreds of villages. The UN and international human rights bodies describe the violence against Rohingya Muslims as 'ethnic cleansing' or 'genocide'.
Maria Nica / Editor
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