They said any boat caught at sea would be arrested.” “Because of the annual breeding season of the hilsa fish, we were banned from fishing until the 22 October. “Our boats could not go out to sea for most of this month,” said a fisherman in Katabunia village on the Bangladesh coast. 'They said any boat caught at sea would be arrested.” UNHCR has been communicating closely with Bangladesh authorities on the ground to ensure safe passage in a systematic and timely way and to step up efforts to rescue people in distress at sea. Images have surfaced of crowds in makeshift shelters on the shores south of Maungdaw in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state. SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh – Thousands of desperate Rohingya are waiting on the Myanmar coast to cross the Naf River to Bangladesh, say refugees who arrived by boat in recent days.įor weeks, rumours have abounded of a potential refugee influx by sea in the southern Bangladesh town of Shah Porir Dwip. Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar arrive by wooden boats under the cover of darkness on the beach of Shah Porir Dwip, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
