Slave Trade Booms in Dark Triangle
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
Asia Boat Migrants / 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.
Thailand hosts meet on migrants crisis May 29
The international community must mount pressure on Myanmar so that it recognises Rohingyas as citizens, say immigration experts
Myanmar Coast / Fishermen rescue seven Bangladeshis off Myanmar coast
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.
Myanmar acknowledges 'concern' over exodus of migrants
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 at sea.
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
Human Trafficking / 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.
'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-
30 more graves of suspected migrants found in Thailand
Another 30 graves suspected to be those of Rohingya migrants were found yesterday in an abandoned Muslim graveyard in Songkhla's Hat Yai district in Thailand.
Find all migrant camps
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday gave a 10-day deadline for a complete scrutiny of all areas for possible detention camps
4 suspects held, top cop suspended
Thailand's national police chief said yesterday that the head of Satun police will be suspended from duty in connection with the ongoing investigation into human traffickers active near the southern border.
Rohingyas are the easy prey of human trafficking
Rohingya youth Zafar Ahmad bin Abdul Ghani was on the run since the Burmese military junta seized power through a coup d'état in late 1988.
Survivor says 500 trafficking victims killed in Thai jungle camps
Kuramia, a migrant, paid out Bt 95,000 in ransom to save his nephew Kazim, who was being held at a border camp. But he never saw him alive. His nephew's was among 26 bodies recently exhumed from a mass-grave site in Songkhla's Sadao district.
Thai villagers believe more buried bodies of trafficking victims remain in jungle camps
Villagers in the southern Thai district of Sadao claim there are other camps of human trafficking victims in the jungle that might have more bodies other than the 26 uncovered on Friday and Saturday.
3,700 migrants rescued at sea
Nearly 3,700 migrants were rescued from boats near the coast of Libya on Saturday and early yesterday, the Italian coastguard said.
Bangladesh seeks access to Thai camp survivor
Bangladesh seeks sought urgent access to its national in Thailand who was rescued from a mass grave, believed to be of trafficking victims, there.
2nd Thai jungle camp holds more bodies, villagers say
Villagers may soon lead authorities to another traffickers' jungle camp in southern Thailand holding even more bodies than the 26 uncovered in the first after two days of digging. Yesterday, Thai authorities found 32 graves suspected to be of trafficked victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh in an abandoned jungle camp.
Mass grave in Thai jungle
Authorities in Thailand have found 32 graves suspected to be of trafficked migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in an abandoned jungle camp.
