Rohingya sea crossings hit record death toll in 2025, UNHCR says
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Rohingya sea crossings hit record death toll in 2025, UNHCR says
by DZRH News17 April 2026
FILE PHOTO: A view of a navy vessel in the Bay of Bengal, carrying Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh, December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
GENEVA, April 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2025, making it the deadliest year on record for the route, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
More than one in seven of the estimated 6,500 Rohingya refugees who attempted the sea crossing last year were reported missing or dead, marking the highest mortality rate worldwide for refugee and migrant sea journeys, UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch told reporters in Geneva.
(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin, Editing by Friederike Heine)
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