SE Asia migrants 'killed in fight for food' on boat

Migrants rescued from a sinking boat off Indonesia have told the BBC that about 100 people died after a fight broke out over the last remaining food.

Survivors told of horrific conditions. Three men separately said people were stabbed, hanged or thrown overboard. The 700 rescued migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh are being processed by the Indonesian authorities.


Thousands of migrants are estimated to be adrift in South East Asian waters, denied permission to
land. The BBC's Martin Patience spoke to some of the survivors in the Indonesian port of Langsa, on the island of Aceh. He cautions that their accounts cannot be verified.