In Burma, Rohingya are denied the ability to travel to find work. Many Rohingya become destitute and leave Burma to earn money. As the situation in southern Bangladesh becomes tenser, Rohingya in both countries pay brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia. Several thousand Rohingya have made the perilous journey in the last year but recently, Bangladesh authorities have stepped up their efforts to apprehend Rohingya before their journey begins. BDR troops caught this boat in the middle of the night just outside of the town of Teknaf on February 17th. The boat was ferrying a group of Rohingya to a larger boat waiting out in the sea.