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    Rohingya abandon sailing season, fearing retribution and ransoms
    February 19, 2016in Lead Story, News, Politics1by THIN LEI WIN
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    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.

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    Fewer Rohingya boarding boats this 'sailing season'
    January 8, 2016in Lead Story, News, Refugees, Rohingya76by REUTERS
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    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.

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    Rohingya citizenship off the agenda at Bangkok summit
    December 4, 2015in ASEAN, Lead Story, News, Rohingya2by REUTERS
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    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
    December 3, 2015in Lead Story, News1by DVB
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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.

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    Obama accused of putting trade before trafficking victims
    November 26, 2015in Crime, Human Trafficking, Lead Story, News254by REUTERS
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    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.

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    Thai crackdown points people smugglers to Malaysia
    October 21, 2015in Arakan, Human Trafficking, Lead Story, News, Rohingya75by REUTERS
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    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.

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