In brief
A boat carrying around 300 migrants capsized near the Malaysian border with Thailand, resulting in one confirmed death and many missing. The Malaysian Coast Guard reports that 10 individuals were rescued, while efforts continue to search for survivors. The majority of those on board are believed to be members of the persecuted Rohingya community, who are fleeing violence in Myanmar.
Dozens of people are missing and one person has died after a boat carrying migrants sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia.
The vessel is believed to have capsized near the southern Thai island of Ko Tarutao on Thursday, the Malaysian Coast Guard said.
Ten people have been rescued and the body of a woman was found floating in the sea.
Maritime officials believe the victims are part of a group of about 300 people who had been travelling on a larger vessel before splitting onto small boats as they approached Malaysia.
Those rescued near the Malaysian resort of Langkawi include three Myanmar men, two Rohingya men and one Bangladeshi man, according to Malaysia's state-run agency Bernama quoting a police chief.
The body found in the water was that of a Rohingya woman, the report added.
Efforts to search for more survivors are under way.
The mostly-Muslim Rohingya community has fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar in large numbers in recent years to escape persecution.
Conflict and conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh have also continued to push vulnerable individuals onto overcrowded vessels as they seek a better life in Malaysia.
Officials say many of those fleeing would have paid more than $3,000 (£2,300) for passage.
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