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staggering to safety.
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Scared, starving and stateless after months stranded at sea.
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Ginger refugees including unaccompanied Children back onshore after the boat they boarded to Malaysia was turned away for fear they bring Corona virus to the country.
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What the rescued by the Bangladesh Coast Guard.
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The hundreds who survived tell the tale of the dozens who didn't forced to drink sea water to stay alive, beaten by the smugglers who promised them a new life.
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My witnesses say the bodies of those who didn't make it were thrown into the sea.
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Mohammed made the perilous journey after borrowing money to pay a smuggler.
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I couldn't find work in the refugee camps, he said.
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The boat was cramped, we were hungry and I fell sick.
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When we got to Malaysia, we were turned away twice.
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Now I feel unlucky and sad.
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Those who rescued a now in quarantine their future's uncertain way were in the sea.
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We were asking the boat men if they could take us to Malaysia or Thailand or other places, but they were refusing, this survivor said.
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It's believed hundreds more refugees a trapped on boats, which were also turned away from Malaysia.
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I asked the Bangladeshi foreign minister about reports that the country wouldn't accept them if they returned.
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Will you turn the boats away then?
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It's a difficult question because we don't want to see people are dying.
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It's not the responsibility of Bangladesh alone to take care of all the stateless people of the planet.
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That's the global leaders.
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Like USA UK European Union.
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The Ranger refugees fled persecution from Myanmar over two years ago.
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Now they're trying to escape destitution in the refugee camps in Bangladesh.
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But who will help them now?
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What are your fears if no one takes these people in?
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Our fear is very much that we'll have tremendous loss of life, women and Children and innocence in the high seas, perishing with no hope on that would be a disaster.
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Is the world shuts.
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It's borders because of Corona virus.
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The Ranger refugees hope the world doesn't shut its eyes to their plight.