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 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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DVB spoke with Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian of Phuketwan, who are facing the possibility of seven years in prison for quoting a Reuters article about the smuggling of Rohingya Muslims.
Two Reuters reporters were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reports on the trafficking of Rohingya Muslims, days before two Thailand-based journalists will appear in court, where they may face up to seven years in jail for republishing one paragraph of the award-winning work.
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Burmese asylum-seekers living in Indonesia say they will continue to risk their lives and travel by boat to Australia, despite the very high chance they will never get there.
Lawyer brings injunction against deportation of asylum seekers to Malaysia as concern continues over controversial deal
