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The IOM and UNHCR say two boats carrying mostly Rohingya passengers departed Rakhine State in late June.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: Life ‘stopped in tracks’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine state: Red Cross
Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and other communities in the violence-racked region are so terrified of each other that life has basically ground to a halt, the Red Cross said ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: Over 500 feared dead as boats reportedly capsize with Rohingya refugees in Myanmar
SYDNEY— More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: More than 500 missing after two refugee boats vanish off Myanmar coast, UN agencies say
More than 500 people fleeing violence in Myanmar are feared dead after two boats disappeared in rough conditions off the country’s coast, according to two UN migration bodies.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: More Than 500 Feared Dead After Reported Shipwrecks Off Myanmar’s Coast, UN Says
The reports come on top of the 300 people already reported missing or drowned in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2026.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: More than 500 feared dead after boats carrying refugees sink off Myanmar coast, UN says
The two vessels left Myanmar at the end of June, carrying passengers primarily from the Rohingya Muslim minority, in an effort to reach Malaysia, Indonesia, or Thailand.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: Where is the civil war in Myanmar heading next?
Myanmar’s military is regaining ground, but resistance groups are regrouping, and civilians continue to suffer ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: Over 500, mostly Rohingya passengers, feared dead as boat capsizes off Myanmar’s coast: UN
In 2025, nearly 900 Rohingya refugees either went missing in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal or died, making the maritime route the world's deadliest for migrants and refugees, said the UN.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: UN Warns of Mass Tragedy Off Myanmar, 500+ Feared Dead in Dual Shipwrecks
Preliminary data indicates that both boats departed from war-torn Myanmar’s western Rakhine state in late June.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN
The United Nations warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June. The UN's International Organization for Migration ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Life: Factbox-Myanmar's food crisis and growing hunger in Rakhine state
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A girls sells food at the internally displaced persons camp for Rohingya people outside Sittwe in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar, ...