Yasmin, a young mother-of-four, knows only too well the dangers that will imperil her family as she awaits the start of the new “sailing season” for the persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Burma.
Even if the rickety overcrowded vessels do not sink in the waters of the Andaman Sea, there is the risk of death from starvation, disease and beatings during the voyage.
And those who make it to land in Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia will then face the risk of another hellish ordeal, held for ransom at jungle camps by trafficker gangs.
But so desperate and pitiful are the conditions for the stateless Muslim minority, held in squalid internment camps in predominantly Buddhist Burma, that Yasmin is determined to join Asia’s next wave of “boat people”. Full story...
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Even if the rickety overcrowded vessels do not sink in the waters of the Andaman Sea, there is the risk of death from starvation, disease and beatings during the voyage.
And those who make it to land in Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia will then face the risk of another hellish ordeal, held for ransom at jungle camps by trafficker gangs.
But so desperate and pitiful are the conditions for the stateless Muslim minority, held in squalid internment camps in predominantly Buddhist Burma, that Yasmin is determined to join Asia’s next wave of “boat people”. Full story...
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