Rescue teams have found at least 17 bodies on Myanmar’s shores after a Rohingya boat capsized while on its way to Malaysia on Monday, officials told CNN
Among the dead were 10 women and seven men – all of whom were Rohingya Muslims, said Bya Latt, a spokesperson for the Shwe Yaung Matta Foundation rescue group. The tragedy occured near Rakhine state’s capital city Sittwe. Eight survivors were found alive and are currently being held at a local police station, Latt added. A Sittwe police official told CNN that the boat was transporting 58 people, including three boat drivers.
They have suffered decades of violence, discrimination and persecution and are denied citizenship despite living in the country for generations. A historic mass exodus began in August 2017 after waves of violence broke out in Rakhine state which forced more than 700,000 people to seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh. Entire villages were burned to the ground, thousands of families killed or separated.
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