Arakan ASEAN Boatpeople Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
The regional implications of the Burma Army crackdown on suspected Rohingya militants in Arakan State continue to play out.
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The Burmese government has confirmed via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 10 August the repatriation of 159 verified Bangladesh nationals.
Boatpeople Human Trafficking Lead Story News
Burma sent 155 migrants back to Bangladesh on Wednesday, more than a month after rescuing them from a boat stranded at sea.
Boatpeople Lead Story News Rohingya
Journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian are accused of defamation over a report implicating the Thai navy in human trafficking.
Boatpeople Lead Story News Refugees
The Burmese navy has recovered 102 men, thought to be asylum seekers from Bangladesh, who were abandoned on the island of Saunggauk, state media reported.
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Six smugglers at the centre of a “pay and turn back” row between Indonesia and Australia were being questioned by Indonesian police on Tuesday.
Boatpeople Lead Story News Rohingya
The 150 were among 208 migrants crammed into a ship, found adrift off the Arakanese coast by the Burmese navy on 21 May.
Arakan Boatpeople Lead Story News Rohingya
Buddhist hardliners in Arakan State are planning to protest against moves to help refugees afloat in the Bay of Bengal, organisers said on Sunday.
Boatpeople Contributor Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
Regardless of the desperate conditions in the hastily assembled camps, many Rohingya asylum seekers say the Acehnese are receiving them with open arms.
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The United States said on Friday that thousands of migrants adrift in Southeast Asian seas needed urgent rescue, as countries gathered in Bangkok to discuss the regional crisis.
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Ma-Ba-Tha leader Ashin Parmouhka says Wednesday’s rally will be to protest against foreign countries that try to pressure Burma to accept refugees.
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Thai navy to deploy a landing-platform ship in the Andaman Sea to provide humanitarian aid to migrants found adrift, while the US offers air support.
