The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for the rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees stranded on a ship in the Andaman Sea after leaving Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A statement issued by the UNHCR office in Geneva indicated that the ship was carrying about 200 refugees in the Andaman Sea on December 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement added that the ship’s engine failed after sailing, and the ship has been drifting due to waves since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement indicated that there are women and children among the ship’s passengers, and that they go days without access to food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement called on the countries of the region to carry out their responsibilities under international maritime law, and to expedite the rescue of stranded refugees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for the rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees stranded on a ship in the Andaman Sea after leaving Myanmar. A statement issued by the UNHCR office in Geneva indicated that the ship was carrying about 200 refugees in the Andaman Sea on December 1. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":88510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[167,2722,172],"class_list":["post-88509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","tag-myanmar","tag-rohingya-muslims","tag-united-nations"],"yoast_head":"\n