{"id":562054,"date":"2025-11-10T19:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562054\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:54:15","slug":"malaysian-boat-capsizes-as-hundreds-feared-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562054\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian boat capsizes as hundreds feared dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of migrants are feared dead after a vessel carrying scores of refugees sank, with at least 21 bodies being recovered so far during rescue efforts. <\/p>\n

Authorities have said that 13 survivors have been pulled from the water and are currently in detention while inquiries into their immigration status proceed.<\/p>\n

The fate of a second vessel, believed to be transporting 230 passengers, remains unknown.<\/p>\n

Search and rescue teams from Malaysia and Thailand are scouring the Andaman Sea following the sinking of the boat carrying Rohingya refugees.<\/p>\n

Of the 21 bodies recovered so far, 12 were found in Malaysian waters and nine in Thailand.<\/p>\n

The tragedy unfolded when approximately 300 Rohingya refugees departed Myanmar’s Rakhine state aboard a large vessel two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

According to Malaysian police chief Khairul Azhar Nuruddin, the passengers were transferred to two smaller boats last Thursday in an apparent attempt to avoid detection whilst approaching Malaysian shores.<\/p>\n

One vessel carrying roughly 70 people sank in Thai waters that same day. <\/p>\n

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The fate of a second vessel, believed to be transporting 230 passengers, remains unknown<\/p>\n

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REUTERS<\/p>\n

Search teams have been deployed across 170 square nautical miles of ocean near Langkawi Island in the Malacca Strait.<\/p>\n

The regional maritime agency chief confirmed that search efforts are continuing despite challenging weather conditions, with teams covering an extensive area near Langkawi Island.<\/p>\n

Romli Mustafa, the regional maritime chief, acknowledged that survival prospects diminish rapidly without life jackets, though some individuals might be clinging to debris.<\/p>\n

“Weather conditions are not so friendly but anyhow, we’re trying our level best,” Mr Mustafa said.<\/p>\n

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Search and rescue operations are still underway <\/p>\n

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Malaysian authorities confirmed that rescue operations could extend for up to a week, with air and sea patrols deployed across the region. <\/p>\n

Any survivors, including the 13 recovered so far, could face potential immigration charges as Malaysia maintains its policy of detaining illegal migrants. <\/p>\n

UN data reveals that over 5,100 Rohingya have attempted sea crossings since January, with nearly 600 reported dead or missing. <\/p>\n

The journeys typically span seven to ten days, beginning in Bangladesh with the intention of reaching Malaysian waters.<\/p>\n

Some vessels also make stops in Myanmar to collect additional passengers fleeing the civil war in Rakhine state.<\/p>\n

As many as 1.3 million Rohingya Muslims are currently crammed in Bangladeshi refugee camps, fleeing escalating violence in the neighbouring Buddhist-majority Myanmar.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are desperate,” explained Naser Khan, a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. <\/p>\n

“People are dying in the fighting, dying from hunger. So some think it’s better to die at sea than to die slowly here,\u201d he told Reuters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of migrants are feared dead after a vessel carrying scores of refugees sank, with at least 21…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-562054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world","10":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115527160551943434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}