Missing Boat with 200 Rohingya Refugees: First Clues Emerge

Survivors from another boat provide harrowing account of the last sighting before the vessel vanished amid a storm.

Over 1,500 Rohingya refugees have landed in Indonesia's northern province of Aceh since November, fleeing gang violence and hunger in Bangladesh.
Survivors from a boat that made it to shore provide the first clues about a missing boat carrying up to 200 Rohingya refugees.
The missing boat, which was in distress due to a broken engine, was last seen being towed by another boat before a storm hit and the ropes were severed.
The UNHCR issued an urgent message about the two boats in distress on Dec. 2, but it appears no search was conducted for the missing boat.
Families of those on board the lost boat have heard nothing, and there is a growing sense of dread in Bangladesh's refugee camps.