Malaysia has ordered the rescue of thousands of migrants adrift in the Andaman Sea according to a report by Reuters on 21 May.
The report quotes Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak as saying that he had ordered the navy to rescue thousands of migrants adrift at sea.
“I have further ordered @tldm_rasmi (navy) and APMM (Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency) to conduct search and rescue efforts on Rohingya boats,” Najib said on his Twitter account.
“We have to prevent loss of life,” he said, adding that humanitarian aid would be delivered by land and sea.
Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday that they would let as many as 7,000 migrants adrift at sea to come ashore temporarily, but no more than that.