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At least 17 boats carrying nearly 700 Rohingya have been turned back since Monday.

About 800,000 Rohingya live in Myanmar which has been swept by fierce sectarian violence in recent days.

Border Guard Bangladesh, coastguard patrol teams turned back eight boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims.

Ten Muslims were killed by a mob angered at the rape and murder of a local woman allegedly by three Muslim men.

Buddhists in Rakhine have grown to resent Muslims that have moved into their state from Bangladesh seeking work.