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Nearly 50 Rohingya found on popular Thai island: police

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A group of 49 Rohingya migrants travelling by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia was found on Tuesday near a beach on Thailand’s popular island of Phuket, police told AFP.


The mostly Muslim Rohingya experience persecution in their predominantly Buddhist homeland of Myanmar, with many fleeing to refugee camps in Bangladesh or risking their lives on perilous sea journeys to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia through Thailand.


The group was discovered by residents near Phuket’s Ta Chat Chai temple in a “weak and frail” state, according to local media reports.

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