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    Tagged: people smuggling

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Rohingya abandon sailing season, fearing retribution and ransoms

    After Husaina’s 20-year-old son fled poverty and discrimination in Burma’s Arakan State by boat, she heard nothing from him for seven months.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Fewer Rohingya boarding boats this ‘sailing season’

    The number of migrants leaving Burma by boat in the past four months has plummeted because of Thai and Bangladeshi crackdowns on trafficking, the UN said.

    ASEAN Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingya citizenship off the agenda at Bangkok summit

    Burma does not consider the Rohingya citizens, rendering them effectively stateless, while denying it discriminates against them or that they are fleeing persecution.

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    Burma repatriates 48 Bangladeshi trafficking victims

    Burmese authorities repatriated 48 Bangladeshi victims of human trafficking on 2 December, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The group had been held in immigration detention for several months.

    Crime Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Obama accused of putting trade before trafficking victims

    U.S. lawmakers and rights groups allege that the Obama Administration ignored Malaysia’s abuse of trafficking victims to secure a trade deal.

    Arakan Ethnic issues Human Trafficking Lead Story News Rohingya

    Thai crackdown points people smugglers to Malaysia

    People smugglers are exploring new routes to Malaysia after a Thai crackdown on trafficking, with few migrant boat departures from Burma in some six months.

    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.

    VIDEO: Traffickers maintain Australian bribe claim video

    Boatpeople Lead Story News Video

    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.

    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.

    Foreign Affairs Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thailand hopes for recognition of anti-trafficking efforts

    Even if Thailand’s lowly status remains unchanged in the upcoming US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, authorities have made headway, says Thai official.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News Refugees

    Owner of trafficking boat arrested in Rangoon

    The Thai national was arrested in Laydauntkan Ward, Mingaladon Township on 29 May.

    Rescues first priority for US as migrant summit begins video

    Boatpeople Lead Story News Video

    Rescues first priority for US as migrant summit begins

    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.

    Crime Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Kidnapped baby reunited with mother in Mae Sot

    An eight-month-old Burmese girl, abducted in broad daylight, has been returned to her mother after CCTV footage of the kidnapping went viral.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    Thai police arrest nine more human traffickers

    Thai crackdown on those involved in trafficking and killing migrant Rohingyas continues. Forty-three now arrested; 34 suspects still on the run.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya

    Official camps for Rohingya migrants, says Thai police chief

    Official settlements should be created, says Pol-Gen Somyot, while policy chief says issue is “international responsibility”.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News Rohingya

    Songkhla just one piece of trafficking puzzle

    “The crackdown has yet to uproot all trafficking networks,” said human rights lawyer Surapong Kongchantuk from the Lawyers Council of Thailand.

    Rescued Rohingya shelter at Aceh mosque video

    Lead Story News Rohingya Video

    Rescued Rohingya shelter at Aceh mosque

    More than 500 migrants, thought to be Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis, were rescued from boats off the coast of Indonesia’s northern Aceh province on Sunday, 10 May and given temporary shelter at a mosque in the town of Seunuddon.

    A local Rohingya imam in Paungdok, Arakan State. Burma, 2012 (Photo: Lux Capio Photography)

    Foreign Affairs Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    OPINION: Clearing traffickers’ camps is not the solution

    Thailand’s prime minister has a responsibility to clean up Thai labour laws, and press for a solution to the Rohingya crisis on Burmese soil.

    Crime Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Trafficking trail comes undone in southern Thailand

    Authorities have launched an investigation into the 50 police officers transferred following the discovery of Rohingya detention camps and graves.

    Crime Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Thirty more graves unearthed in Thailand

    Eighteen arrest warrants issued for suspects involved in the camps of smuggled migrants in Thailand’s south as more grim discoveries are made.

    VDO: Thai vigilantes take up fight against human trafficking video

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya Video

    VDO: Thai vigilantes take up fight against human trafficking

    A group of locals in Thailand’s Phang Nga province have armed themselves, to track down traffickers and free their human cargo.

    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.

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