NUMBERS 900

Around 900 Rohingyas and Bangladeshi migrants were able to reach the shore in Indonesia and Thailand on May 17, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to Southeast Asia's human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned summit.

The Indonesian and Malaysian policy of turning away stricken boats filled with Bangladeshis and ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar has been met with outrage, including from Washington and the United Nations.

Source: The Daily Star