Deep in southern Bangladesh in a sweltering camp of mud houses where Rohingya Muslims from Burma are sheltered, there is fear rising that they have to move again, 22 years…
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NLD: Migrant crisis solution lies in rule of law, democracy
In a 1 June statement the NLD NLD pointed to communal violence in western Burma’s Arakan State as one of the principal causes of the crisis.
Burmese navy detains 727 boat people in Irrawaddy
A naval patrol boat came across a “suspicious looking” shipping trawler in the Gulf of Martaban at 6.30am.
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.
Slavery charges sought against crew of migrant ship
The crew of a boat carrying more than 200 migrants that was intercepted by the Burmese navy last week have been remanded in detention.
Oslo conference opens with calls for citizenship, rights for Rohingya
Some of the world’s most influential voices on Burma participated in an urgently organised conference on the Rohingya migrant crisis in Oslo on Tuesday.