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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward and Harry Cockburn

DARK SECRETS: Nearly blind refugee abandoned by border patrol agents found dead in buffalo | Rare Historical Photos

A nearly blind refugee who went missing a week after Border Patrol agents left him at a coffee shop was found dead in Buffalo, New York as freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions struck the East Coast.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, disappeared February 19 after officers dropped him off at a Tim Horton’s coffee shop on Niagara Street.

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