Hundreds missing after Rohingya refugee boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UN
The UN and International Organization for Migration said about 250 people, including children, are feared missing.
The UN and International Organization for Migration said about 250 people, including children, are feared missing.
![Activists gather in Buffalo, New York’s Elmwood Village neighbourhood following the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a near-blind refugee from Myanmar who was missing since his release from a jail into the custody of the US Border Patrol, and who was later found dead on Feb. 26, 2026. [Craig Ruttle/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1772224025.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer Arsalan Suleman, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) starts hearings in a landmark case brought by The Gambia, which accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya, a minority Muslim group, in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 12, 2026 [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-12T094241Z_1499227565_RC2LZIAI6JY3_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-WORLD-COURT-1768496092.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Witnesses from Myanmar’s Rohingya community will also address closed-door ICJ hearing.
The boat was carrying dozens of refugees from Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority when it sank.
Malaysian search and rescue teams discovered five more bodies off the coast of Langkawi after a refugee boat capsized.
Rohingya speakers urge the UN not to forget the plight of minorities in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and refugee camps.
Dhaka hopes a conference can provide solutions to the aid crisis facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says justice and security are vital for Rohingya before returning to Myanmar.
Two-day meeting gives a glimmer of hope for the Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar crackdown in 2017.
Rights groups and survivors are accusing Myanmar’s Arakan Army rebel group of mass killings and torture of Rohingya.
The US and other Western countries have been reducing their funding, prioritising their defence spending instead.
