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Bangladesh detains 23 boat migrants in the Bay of Bengal
Dec 24, 2011, 8:23 GMT
Dhaka - Bangladeshi coast guards detained 23 boat migrants in the Bay of Bengal for attempting to migrate illegally to Malaysia, police said Saturday.
Guards acting on a tip confiscated the boat and arrested the migrants Friday night on Naff River estuary near the Myanmar border.
Eighteen of those detained were Myanmar citizens who had entered illegally into Bangladesh, police said. They were to be deported.
The five Bangladeshi citizens would be charged for attempted illegal migration, police officer Abdur Razzak said.
The group was preparing to sail to Malaysia after paying a local agent, coast guard officer Lieutenant Masul Sikder said.
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