First-hand accounts indicate that trafficking syndicates trading in vulnerable migrants have responded to a recent crackdown by authorities in Thailand and Malaysia by holding their victims in large vessels close Continue Reading
The government has started planning the move to Hatiya Island in the Bay of Bengal in a plan backed by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, according to a government official, Continue Reading
“They would walk into my shop, with injuries covering their hands and feet. Some were just too weak to even speak properly,” said Lyza Ibrahim, who runs a food stall Continue Reading
“We discovered 139 of what we believe are graves,” national police chief Gen Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters. Malaysian police say they have uncovered 28 suspected human trafficking camps located Continue Reading
It is feared that the graves could contain the remains of dozens of Bangladeshi and Burmese Rohingya migrants at the centre of a human trafficking crisis. Multiple mass graves and Continue Reading
The remarks are sure to spark concern after the United States lambasted Burma this week for failing to address the cause of the crisis, which observers say stems from the Continue Reading
More than 3,000 have landed so far this month in Malaysia and Indonesia. Together with Thailand, the two south-east Asian countries have pushed away many boats that approached their shores Continue Reading
Major General Fuad Basya told the ABC the 200 asylum seekers were seen in the water by fishermen on Friday morning and the navy sent a ship to the area Continue Reading
With reports of deaths on board and thousands more lives at risk, the Guardian asked a panel of experts how the crisis could be solved. Between 6,000 and 8,000 refugees, Continue Reading
Obscured by the uproar over migrant trafficking in the Mediterranean, the dire plight of tens of thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers and economic migrants fleeing Burma and Bangladesh by sea has Continue Reading
