India rescues 81 Rohingya on drifting boat, 8 dead, one missing

India’s coastguard finds 81 survivors and eight dead on boat crammed with Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea.

India’s coastguard has found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, an Indian foreign ministry official said. The official on Friday added that the survivors would not be allowed to enter Indian territory. A refugee was missing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said about the rescue on Thursday.