DHAKA: Nearly 250 people, including children, are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals sank in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations said on Tuesday, Ahsan Tasnim reports. “The trawler, which had departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh and was en route to Malaysia, reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement.The promise of better wages abroad, often coupled with misinformation spread by trafficking networks, leads individuals, Rohingya and Bangladeshis to take significant risks, said UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration. “This incident reflects the serious consequences of prolonged displacement,” UN agencies said. “We urgently call on the international community to increase solidarity and support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as well as sustain funding for Bangladeshi host communities,” he said.