Climate
Two shipwrecks off Myanmar: Over 500 Rohingyas presumed dead according to UN
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on July 16, 2026 that over 500 Rohingya refugees may have died in two shipwrecks off Myanmar that occurred in late June and early July 2026. Both boats departed Rakhine State carrying approximately 530 people total, including passengers from refugee camps in Bangladesh. Neither incident has been officially confirmed. These tragedies continue a deadly pattern: roughly 900 deaths in 2025 and 300 missing since January 2026, according to the United Nations.