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Jagdeshwaran's Story

Jagdeshwaran told about the journey by boat that included his wife and two children and his wife’s relatives: “My son died on April 24, four days after getting on the boat. He was four-years-old. We had no water, no food on the boat. Then her father died. Her two brothers jumped into the sea. My wife was in shock. She was weak and not even able to move. That morning, April 29, she asked for some water. We gave her seawater. She vomited and then she passed away.” His eight-month-old baby boy Kubera survived because he was on breast milk.

Story courtesy of Human Rights Watch  

Photo:  © 2009 Ruth Fremson / The New York Times / Redux

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