Rohingya held back from risky Malaysia trip

Bangladesh security forces stopped 22 Rohingya Muslims from being smuggled to Malaysia by boat, officials said on Monday, the second group in three days prevented from leaving squalid refugee camps.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) forces found 11 women, 10 children and a man at a village on the Bay of Bengal coast, near the border with Myanmar, on Sunday.

The 22 had paid traffickers up to $1,200 each for the dangerous journey, a BGB officer said. The people smugglers fled before security forces arrived.

It is the fourth time since November that Rohingya have been intercepted attempting to get a boat to Malaysia.