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Myanmar's navy finds 727 migrants packed in a boat: ministry

Published: 29 May 2015 - 06:10 pm | Last Updated: 13 Jan 2022 - 10:07 am

 

Yangon---Myanmar's navy found 727 people crammed on a fishing boat in its waters, the Ministry of Information said in a Facebook post, adding the would-be migrants were "Bengali".
"Altogether 727 people -- 608 Bengali men, 74 women and 45 children -- in a fishing boat have been arrested as a Myanmar Navy ship found them this morning in the delta," the statement said.

AFP