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Photos: Migrants found at sea await fate in Myanmar

June 4, 2015 10:11AM ET

More than 700 people are taken to a temporary shelter near Bangladesh border

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Myanmar Rohingya refugees
Migrants, found on a boat at sea, arrive at Mee Tike temporary refugee camp in Myanmar near the Bangladesh border, June 4, 2015. Ye Aung Thu / AFP / Getty Images
Myanmar Rohingya refugees
More than 700 migrants found on a fishing boat six days ago by the Myanmar navy have been taken to Myanmar's state of Rakhine. Ye Aung Thu / AFP / Getty Images
Myanmar Rohingya refugees
Myanmar police interview the migrants, June 3, 2015. Ye Aung Thu / AFP / Getty Images
Myanmar Rohingya refugees
Many of the more than 4,000 migrants who have been found at sea in the last few weeks are Rohingya who say they are escaping persecution in Myanmar. Ye Aung Thu / AFP / Getty Images
Myanmar Rohingya refugees
The migrants collect rainwater. Myanmar does not recognize its 1.1 million Rohingya minority as citizens. Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters
Myanmar Rohingya refugees
The Myanmar navy initially said it would take the migrants to Bangladesh. Many Bangladeshis fleeing poverty at home have been found on the boats alongside the Rohingya. Ye Aung Thu / AFP / Getty Images
Myanmar Rohingya refugees
The U.S. has warned it was monitoring the fate of the rescued migrants "very closely". Ye Aung Thu / AFP / Getty Images

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