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More Than 60 Rohingya Feared Drowned as U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Myanmar

By Tommy Wilkes, Reuters , Michelle Nichols, Reuters
A Rohingya refugee girl at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
Sep 29, 2017
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The refugees drowned in heavy seas off Bangladesh late on Thursday, part of a new surge of people fleeing a Myanmar military campaign that began on Aug. 25 and has triggered an exodus of some 502,000 people.

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A Rohingya refugee girl at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton