Migrant Crisis: Migrant Offshore Aid Station to Begin Mission in Andaman Sea

Global search and rescue charity, Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), will begin a new mission in the Andaman Sea and adjacent areas on March 3 to track, monitor and, if needed, provide search and rescue of refugees or migrants.

370 Died Last Year, Says UN

Some 370 people, believed to be Rohingyas of Myanmar and Bangladeshis, are estimated to have died in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea in 2015, says the UN Refugee Agency. “The deaths were caused not from drowning but from mistreatment and disease brought about by smugglers who abused and in many cases killed passengers with impunity,” it said in a statement on UN News Centre on Tuesday.

Protesters Confine DU VC Over Student’s Death

Protesters today confined the Dhaka University vice chancellor over the death of a student of the varsity, accusing the authorities for it.