Two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups said at least 100 ethnic Rohingyas are stranded in a boat off India’s Andaman Islands and 16-20 may have died of thirst, hunger or drowning.
Every year many Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority, risk their lives to escape violence in Myanmar and filth in Bangladesh refugee camps. Many try to reach Malaysia.
A source told Reuters that five Indian ships made contact with the stranded boat late on Tuesday.
An Indian Navy spokesperson said he had no details to share. A spokesman for the Coast Guard did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters.