More than 500 feared dead after reports of two shipwrecks off Myanmar, UN says
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Vessels believed to have departed from Myanmar in late June, with mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboard
The United Nations has said more than 500 people are feared dead after reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its refugee agency UNHCR voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports “that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days”.
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