The regional implications of the Burma Army crackdown on suspected Rohingya militants in Arakan State continue to play out.
Category: Boatpeople
Govt confirms 159 Bangladeshis repatriated
The Burmese government has confirmed via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 10 August the repatriation of 159 verified Bangladesh nationals.
Prosecution rests in Phuketwan journalists trial
Journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian are accused of defamation over a report implicating the Thai navy in human trafficking.
102 abandoned migrants rescued in Tenasserim
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.
VIDEO: Traffickers maintain Australian bribe claim
Six smugglers at the centre of a “pay and turn back” row between Indonesia and Australia were being questioned by Indonesian police on Tuesday.
Boat people find warmer welcome in Aceh
Regardless of the desperate conditions in the hastily assembled camps, many Rohingya asylum seekers say the Acehnese are receiving them with open arms.