SE Asia urged to save migrants

Alarm increases as Indonesia says it has turned away a boat carrying hundreds to an unknown fate

Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea without food and water could die unless Southeast Asian governments act urgently to rescue them, migrant groups and the UN warned on Tuesday.

The escalating alarm over the region's refugee crisis came as Indonesia's navy said it had turned away a boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh to an uncertain fate.