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    Tagged: boatpeople

    Arakan ASEAN Boatpeople Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    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.

    International Lead Story News

    Indian coastguard reportedly detains Burmese boat

    The crew of the boat were reportedly seen throwing some items overboard into the sea, causing more suspicion.

    Communal Violence Lead Story News Rohingya

    Turkish FM meets Rohingyas in Sittwe

    Cavusoglu broke the Ramadan fast at sunset with local Muslims at a mosque in Aung Mingalar. Later, he spoke to members of the community.

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    Lead Story Media News Rohingya

    Australian scores victory for press freedom in Thailand

    Phuketwan editor Alan Morison and his colleague were pronounced ‘not guilty’ of defamation charges in Phuket. DVB speaks exclusively to him about the trial.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    Another mass grave found in Malaysia

    Police uncovered 24 bodies near the Malaysian border with Thailand. They are thought to be Rohingya or Bangladeshi victims of human trafficking.

    Boatpeople Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    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.

    Arakan Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    20 sentenced in Arakan for trafficking boatpeople

    The 20 were each sentenced to five years in connection with a ship carrying 208 migrants that was intercepted by the Burmese navy last month.

    Boatpeople Contributor Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    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.

    Arakan Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    Burmese navy intercepts Bangladeshi migrant boat

    A boat carrying more than 200 Bangladeshi migrants was intercepted by the Burmese navy off the Arakanese coast.

    Arakan Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Burma will screen boat people for citizenship, says Thein Sein

    At a meeting with a US delegation in Naypyidaw, govt leaders say they will take back Rohingya boat people – but only if they can prove Burmese citizenship.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    Mass grave of migrants found in southern Thailand

    More than 30 bodies have been pulled from shallow graves at a human-trafficking camp at the Thai-Malaysian border. Police say 20 more could be found.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    Local Thai Muslims reject Rohingya migrants

    A police compound in southern Thailand will shelter 95 illegal Rohingya migrants after local Muslims refused to allow them to be housed near their communities.

    Analysis Interview Lead Story Media News

    Picking on the little guys: Phuketwan

    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.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    ASEAN must cooperate to curb Rohingya trafficking crisis

    Countries in the region need to try harder to find solutions to the problem of Rohingya people who have been forced to leave Burma and ended up victims of human trafficking gangs, a forum was told.

    Breaking Lead Story News Rohingya

    Journalists charged with defaming Thai Navy

    Two Thailand-based journalists were charged on Thursday with defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act for citing a Reuters article that contained allegations against members of the Royal Thai Navy.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    ‘Boatpeople’ story lands Reuters a Pulitzer as local reporters face jail

    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.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya

    Defamation case on hold: Thais urged to probe Rohingya smuggling

    The arraignment of two journalists based in southern Thailand has been postponed following pleas from rights advocates that charges be dropped.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    All 1,300 Rohingyas now deported to Burma, says Thai official

    Thai immigration commissioner says all the Rohingya migrants who were detained in Thailand were sent back to Burma three months ago.

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    International pressure on Burma, Thailand to deal with Rohingya issues

    US and EU call on Burma to allow immediate humanitarian access to an impoverished Rohingya refugee camp in Arakan state, while Human Rights Watch criticises Thai immigration authorities for alleged complicity in a Rohingya smuggling operation.

    Living in limbo, but ready to risk death at sea video

    Ethnic issues Feature Lead Story News Rohingya Video

    Living in limbo, but ready to risk death at sea

    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.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Thai navy to sue journalists over Rohingya trafficking allegations

    Thailand’s navy has filed criminal defamation charges against a news website that published stories alleging Thai military involvement in the trafficking of Burma’s ethnic Rohingya boatpeople.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Fifty Rohingya feared drowned as boat sinks off Arakan coast

    News agencies have reported that around 50 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma are feared drowned after trying to flee Arakan state in a boat that sank in the early hours of Sunday,

    Lead Story News Politics

    At least 13 Burmese migrants drown off Thai coast

    Thai marine police recover the bodies of 13 Burmese migrant boatpeople whose boat sunk in a storm in the Andaman Sea.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Australia PM downplays boatpeople concerns on trip to Indonesia

    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sought to downplay Indonesian concerns about his controversial new asylum policy during a diplomatic visit to Jakarta this week.

    News Politics

    Rohingya detainees allege Thai abuse

    Rohingya detainees in the Indian Andaman Islands allege that they were tortured and pushed out to sea in a vessel with no engine and limited supplies

    News Politics

    UN says Australia refugee swap illegal

    UN human rights chief says the proposed plan to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia could violate international refugee laws

    News Politics

    Australia in controversial refugee swap

    Deal will see Australia send 800 ‘boatpeople’ to Malaysia in return for 4,000 migrants, but activists warn of Australian anti-immigration ruse

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