Boat carrying 130 Rohingya refugees capsizes off Myanmar

Tom Miles
Thursday 28 September 2017 14:55 BST
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A boat carrying 130 Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar has capsized off the Bay of Bengal, the International Organization for Migration said on Thursday.

IOM's Bangladesh office tweeted that 13 bodies had been recovered, including 8 children.

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