BANGLADESH/INDIA
Thai excess
| All illustrations by BILASH RAI |
Yet another tragic story of migration has recently begun to unfold in Southasia. Over 300 Burmese Rohingya 'boat people', making their way to Thailand in search of work, are now thought to be dead. The group, originally consisting of over 400 people, reportedly started out from Cox's Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh, during late November in six motorised boats. They had each paid smugglers hefty sums between BDT 20,000 and 25,000 (around USD 350).