GENEVA
The UN human rights office Friday expressed shock at the news that more than 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar died aboard a boat in the Bay of Bengal and that nearly 400 others needed immediate medical care after almost two months at sea.
Many of those on the vessel were women and children, Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told journalists at UN press briefing via a video link.
“We are shocked by the news that more than 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have died on board a boat in the Bay of Bengal,
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