Dozens feared dead as refugee boat capsizes

Overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 people trying to escape an approaching cyclone have capsized off the coast of Burma with dozens feared drowned.

Dozens feared dead as refugee boat capsizes

Overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 people trying to escape an approaching cyclone have capsized off the coast of Burma with dozens feared drowned.

Eight bodies have been found so far, and more than 50 other people who were aboard are thought to have died, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

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