Thousands of Rohingya Muslims undertake dangerous sea journeys from Bangladesh, risking starvation and accidents to reach Malaysia and Indonesia. Survival rates are low, with many lost at sea.

Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift ⁠in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her ⁠overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared dead. She was among the thousands of Rohingya Muslims who brave hunger and accidents on rickety boats each year to flee desperate conditions in camps in southeastern Bangladesh for countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Hundreds die en route from hunger or accidents at sea,.....