A Rohingya boy walks at a refugee camp in New Delhi on June 20, 2023. (AFP)

Families wait for word of Rohingya said to have been abandoned at sea by India

Akbar's niece is among more than 40 Rohingya alleged by the UN, family and lawyers to have been forced off an Indian navy ship this month near the shores of war-torn Myanmar with only a life jacket each.

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