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Myanmar to repatriate more Bangladeshi boat people
Yangon, May 30
Myanmar will repatriate another
727 Bangladeshi boat people, rescued by the navy off the southern coast
on Friday, after carrying out a detailed investigation, an official
report said on Saturday.
Preliminary investigations revealed that
the 727 Bangladeshi illegal migrants set out on the sea in the fourth
week of March between Myanmar and Bangladesh on three boats to go to
Malaysia via Thailand, said the Global New Light of Myanmar.
After
reaching Thai waters, they waited for 45 days for Malaysian boats that
were supposed to transport them to Malaysia. But when no one came to
fetch them, they started sailing back to their original place when they
were intercepted by the Myanmar navy.
The people were sent by the navy to Haigyi island for further action, according to Xinhua news agency.
On
May 21, during regular patrolling, Myanmar navy intercepted two
suspected fishing trawlers off the western coast of Maungtaw in western
Rakhine state, one of which had 208 people on board while the other one
was empty.
Among them, 200 were identified as Bangladeshis and
arrangement are being made to repatriate them to their homeland under an
agreement between authorities of Myanmar and Bangladesh.