About 250 people, including children, are feared missing, the United Nations said.

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Approximately 250 Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals are missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations has said.

Loaded with men, women and children, the reportedly sank due to “heavy winds rough seas and overcrowding”, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement issued on Tuesday.