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On 14 May, a fishing boat carrying several hundred desperate migrants from Myanmar was spotted adrift in the Andaman Sea between Malaysia and Thailand, according to the NYT. They are a part of an exodus in which thousands of people have taken to the sea in recent weeks with no country willing to take them in.
Rohingya migrants bring back food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter after jumping to collect them at sea on 14 May 2015.
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According to reports, Malaysia has turned away two boats containing 800 migrants, and Indonesia and Thailand have likewise reportedly turned away boats in recent days. While the Human Rights Watch says there are as many as 8,000 people currently stranded at sea, several media reports put the figure at 6,000.
Rohingya migrants swim to collect food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter after they jumped off a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe, 14 May 2015.
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In this photo dated 14 May 2015, Rohingya migrant women cry as they sit on a boat drifting in Thai waters. The boat was crammed with scores of Rohingya migrants, including many young children.
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According to the UN's refugee agency, many people on the boats are running out of food and water. Meanwhile a BBC report on Thursday said that 10 people on one boat have died so far…
…and in desperation, some of them are resorting to drinking urine!
Rohingya refugees are pictured on a boat off the southern Thai island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman Sea on 14 May 2015.
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The dead bodies were thrown overboard. While the fate of the migrants is not clear as all the countries in the region – Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia – have said they will not allow them to land.
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In this photo dated 14 May 2015, a Rohingya woman cries as she stands on a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe. Only a few boats have been able to reach safe shore.
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A sick rescued migrant is assisted by other migrants on their arrival at the new confinement area in the fishing town of Kuala Langsa in Aceh province. Indonesian fishermen and marine police rescued nearly 800 migrants from a sinking vessel on 15 May 2015.
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The migrants, mostly thought to be people from Myanmar and Bangladesh from the Rohingya ethnic group, were initially prevented from reaching the shore pending a consultation with the Foreign Ministry, military spokesman Fuad Basya said. Despite the risks, the Rohingya continue to leave Myanmar in large numbers, fleeing anti-Muslim violence and discrimination in the predominantly Buddhist country.
A migrant boy eats his food at a temporary shelter in Kuala Langsa
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Interviews with passengers onboard a boat that washed ashore on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, on Sunday, 10 May 2015, provided a glimpse of the brutal conditions they faced at sea and the desperation that drove them to make the risky voyage
Rohingya migrants sit on a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe, 14 May 2015.
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Rohingya migrants on a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe; and a Rohingya refugee with her child on the same boat
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