The world's largest marine conservation initiative spans more than 600 sq km, an area equivalent to over 85,000 football fields
Malaysia is the favoured destination of the Rohingya and has a sizeable Rohingya diaspora.
With few opportunities for jobs and education in the camps, thousands have attempted to reach other countries in Southeast Asia.
Since last year, Bangladesh's law enforcement agencies have picked up over 500 Rohingya from coastal villages and boats as they waited to board boats.
At least seven suspected traffickers were shot dead in 2019 in clashes with police.
Trafficking often increases during the November-March period when the sea is safest for the small fishing trawlers used in the risky trips.
The latest wave of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state joined about 300,000 who had already fled the country to camps in Bangladesh.
An estimated 25,000 Rohingya left Bangladesh and Myanmar on boats in 2015 trying to get to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Hundreds drowned when overloaded boats sank.
The world's largest marine conservation initiative spans more than 600 sq km, an area equivalent to over 85,000 football fields
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