On World Refugee Day, this is from The Quint’s archives.
These are photographs of a group of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants from a boat carrying 734 people rescued off Myanmar’s southern coast last week. Those on board had been at sea for more than two months, at the end with little food or water.
The men in these photos were part of a group of about 400 crammed into a warehouse by the Myanmar police. They had arrived the day before, but while the women, children and some men had already been moved, these men were left behind.
There was no sign of the UN refugee agency UNHCR or foreign aid agencies.
Just moments before these photographs were taken, the sky opened up and monsoon rains started pouring down.
Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, crowd in the back of a truck before they are sent to Mee Tike temporary refugee camp located near the Bangladesh border fence, at Kanyin Chaung jetty outside Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar June 4, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, collect rainwater during a heavy rain fall at a temporary refuge camp near Kanyin Chaung jetty in Myanmar. (Photo: Reuters)
Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, sit at the back of a truck as they are moved to Taung Pyo sub-township after landing near Kanyin Chaung jetty outside Maungdaw township in Myanmar. (Photo: Reuters)
Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, rest in a shelter after arriving at Mee Tike temporary refugee camp near the Bangladesh border fence outside Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar June 4, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
An identity number tag hangs around the neck of a migrant, who was found at sea on a boat, near Kanyin Chaung jetty after landing outside Maungdaw township in Myanmar. (Photo: Reuters)
Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, arrive at Mee Tike temporary refugee camp near the Bangladesh border fence outside Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo: Reuters)
A Myanmar military officer (R) gestures from a navy ship towards a boat packed with migrants, off Leik Island in the Andaman Sea May 31, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
Migrants, who were found at sea on a boat, carry their belongings as they were moved to Taung Pyo sub-township after landing near Kanyin Chaung jetty outside Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar June 3, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
A migrant, who was found at sea on a boat, sits on a bus as she is moved to Taung Pyo sub-township after landing near Kanyin Chaung jetty in Myanmar. (Photo: Reuters)
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