Rohingya migrants
Identify all undocumented migrants from Bangladesh: Jammu and Kashmir High Court
India’s Jammu and Kashmir High Court has given six weeks to the authorities to identify migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar who are illegally staying in the federally-ruled territory.
The journalists sued by the Thai navy
A court in the southern Thai island of Phuket acquits two journalists of defaming the navy and breaching the Computer Crimes Act.
21 ‘bodies of trafficking victims’ to be buried in Malaysia
At least 21 bodies believed to be of human trafficking victims are brought to Kampung Tualang of Pahang state in Malaysia for a mass burial this morning.
Editorial / Rape–another crime of human traffickers at sea
An investigative report by this paper has unraveled the horrifying sexual abuse of Rohingya women while they make their perilous trips at sea.
Thai army suspends top officer Manas for suspected trafficking link
Human trafficking suspect Lt General Manas Khongpaen is suspended from military service, Army Commander General Udomdej Sitabutr says.
What language do "boat people" speak?
I think a euphemism is a kind of lie, and the lies peoples and countries tell themselves are revealing. Describing Rohingya migrants as “boat people” is disturbing and unacceptable to me.
Editorial / Citizenship for Rohingyas
The recent tragedy of hundreds of boat people floating in the wilderness of the sea without food and other basic amenities has drawn the world's attention to the protracted suffering of the Rohingyas.
51 held in Thailand for 'human trafficking'
Thailand police arrested 51 people for their alleged involvement in trafficking of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
CROSS TALK / The sighs of ancestors rock migrant boats
AS many as 8,000 refugees have been adrift in the Andaman Sea lately, some of them stranded for more than two months.
Thailand questions 117 migrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar
Thai authorities question more than 100 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar discovered in Thailand’s south to determine whether they were victims of human trafficking.
