Near-blind Rohingya refugee found dead after US border agents release him out in cold

A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of US Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, according to city authorities on Wednesday.Police officers in the upstate New York city located the body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, on Tuesday evening, the Buffalo-police-department" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="36618" data-entity-type="organization">Buffalo Police Department said.Shah Alam had been missing since February 19, when US Border Patrol agents dropped ‌him off at a coffee shop miles from his home following his release from a county jail, where he had spent much of the last year awaiting trial on criminal charges that resulted in a misdemeanour plea deal.Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances of Shah Alam’s death.Buffalo Mayor Sean Rhyan, a Democrat, said in a statement on Wednesday that Shah Alam’s death was preventable and the result of “inhumane” decision making by federal immigration authorities.“A vulnerable man − nearly blind and unable to speak English − was left alone on a cold winter night with no known attempt to leave him in a safe, secure location,” Ryan said. “That decision from US Customs and Border Protection was unprofessional and inhumane.”