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    Absorbing Rohingya becomes a regional challenge
    December 12, 2016in Arakan, ASEAN, Boatpeople, Lead Story, News, Refugees, Rohingya174by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Absorbing Rohingya becomes a regional challenge

    The regional implications of the Burma Army crackdown on suspected Rohingya militants in Arakan State continue to play out.

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    Govt confirms 159 Bangladeshis repatriated
    August 11, 2015in Boatpeople, Human Trafficking, Lead Story, News1743by DVB
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    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.

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    Prosecution rests in Phuketwan journalists trial
    July 14, 2015in Boatpeople, Lead Story, News, Rohingya87by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    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.

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    102 abandoned migrants rescued in Tenasserim
    July 14, 2015in Boatpeople, Lead Story, News, Refugees124by DVB
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    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.

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    June 25, 2015in Boatpeople, Lead Story, News, Video211by DVB and REUTERS
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    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.

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    Boat people find warmer welcome in Aceh
    May 30, 2015in Boatpeople, Contributor, Lead Story, Migrants Issues, News, Rohingya174by CARLOS SARDIÑA GALACHE
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    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.

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