UNHCR calls for action ahead of ‘sailing season’
Just four months after crackdowns on human smuggling routes precipitated a regional crisis, the United Nations is urging countries to prepare for another wave of boats when monsoon storms lull.
Each year Muslims from Rakhine State and impoverished Bangladeshis pack onto smuggling vessels and undertake arduous, often deadly journeys to Malaysia, seeking jobs, husbands, family reunions or a shot at a better life.
