Steep increase in deadly boat journeys reflects Rohingyas’ desperation: UNHCR

More than 3,500 desperate Rohingya attempted deadly sea crossings in 39 boats in 2022 – mainly from Myanmar and Bangladesh –

spokesperson Shabia Mantoo told journalists in Geneva.

“This represents a 360 per cent increase on the year before, when some 700 people made these journeys.”

The UN agency’s latest warning about the situation comes amid an ongoing military crackdown in Myanmar by generals who seized power two years…