Myanmar navy's claim untrue
At least eight Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were among some 200 migrants rescued from a trafficking boat by the Myanmar navy
UN despair over lack of rescues
The UN has condemned the refusal of South-East Asian countries to rescue thousands of migrants adrift at sea.
Focus on Rohingya recognition
The international community must mount pressure on Myanmar so that it recognises Rohingyas as citizens, say immigration experts
Save migrants drifting in sea
Countries in Southeast Asia, notably Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, came under mounting pressure from the international community to provide humane treatment to thousands of Bangladeshi and...
100 camps, 10,000 held captive
There could be 10,000 boat people detained near the Thai-Malaysian border in more than 100 detention camps, held in custody by guards who are both locals and Rohingya,
1,400 victims rescued
Four boats carrying some 1,400 migrants were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia yesterday, officials said, a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel off Indonesia'...
Myanmar navy's claim untrue
At least eight Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were among some 200 migrants rescued from a trafficking boat by the Myanmar navy
UN despair over lack of rescues
The UN has condemned the refusal of South-East Asian countries to rescue thousands of migrants adrift at sea.
Focus on Rohingya recognition
The international community must mount pressure on Myanmar so that it recognises Rohingyas as citizens, say immigration experts
Myanmar acknowledges 'concern' over exodus
Myanmar acknowledges international "concerns" about waves of boatpeople, many of whom are fleeing from persecution, but denied it is solely to blame as thousands languish in dire straits...
Fishermen rescue seven Bangladeshis
Seven Bangladeshi nationals were rescued yesterday off the Myanmar coast after they were thrown from a fishing trawler packed with migrants heading to Malaysia, a coast guard officer said.
How long will they suffer?
It's shocking to learn that an estimated 6,000 people from Bangladesh and Myanmar are fighting for survival in the Andaman Sea and
'I want to go back to my mother'
Snatched by people traffickers in his native Bangladesh and forced onto a migrant boat, 14-year-old Absaruddin endured a weeks-
Thailand ready to help resolve crisis
The Thai government yesterday confirmed its readiness to work with the international community in solving the problem relating to boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Do not push back boats
The United States has urged the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to refrain from pushbacks of new boats with
Three 'human traffickers' held in capital
Rapid Action Battalion detained three suspected human traffickers and rescued seven victims from a hotel in the capital's Fakirapool last night.