Scores of Rohingya children, women and men have died making the crossing in the last two months. Those who survive this ordeal and can afford the boat fare, risk their lives on overcrowded boats in poor weather conditions, travelling under the cover of night. He said he saw two people die of diarrhoea during this time. On another Myanmar coast, Dong Khali, Buthidaung native Nurul Islam waited with 5,000 people for 13 days. Her friend Hazera Khatun, 25, lost her three-year-old son to dehydration.