Thein Sein aide says country not likely to attend meeting on boat people;Prayu says this is neighbours' right

The United States urges the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to refrain from pushing back arrivals of new boat carrying Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya at sea.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein urges governments in the South East Asia region to take swift action to protect their lives.

Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are rescued off Indonesia on Friday, police say, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned Southeast Asian summit.

Out of 13,321 immigrants in 12 detention camps, 1, 466 are from Bangladesh, reports the Star’s Bahasa Malaysia portal MStar.

Thai police arrest two foreigners in connection to the human smuggling syndicate. The value of assets frozen or seized from those suspected of trafficking Rohingya and other migrants hits Bt204 million so far

Myanmar migrants on a boat stranded for a week in the Andaman Sea with no food or water say 10 people have died, while some are resorting to drinking urine.

Some 400 illegal immigrants on a vessel were told to jump into chest-deep water and wade to shores of Langkawi in Malaysia if they did not want to be shot dead.

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia should end pushbacks of boats with Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants, Human Rights Watch says.

Thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims abandoned at sea had nowhere to turn Thursday as Malaysia turned away two boats crammed with more than 800 migrants.

Thailand and Malaysian police have agreed to step up joint efforts against human trafficking and other crimes affecting the security of both countries.

The United States has voiced fear for the lives of the migrants abandoned by traffickers at land and sea, calling on Southeast Asian nations to co-operate to address the crisis.

A Bangladeshi job seeker is found naked, beaten up and tied to a chair in Shah Alam area in Malaysia, reports Malaysian daily, The Star.

Cops yesterday obtains an arrest warrant for man they said is a key financier behind the entire Rohingya trafficking racket in the South.

An international migration agency says thousands of refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar are stranded at sea close to Thailand.

The Malaysian home ministry denies claims that the country has trafficking camps of immigrants similar to those in Thailand.

Thailand and Malaysian police are expected to meet Friday to discuss human trafficking issues plaguing both nations.

Second boat carrying 400 of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar are rescued off Indonesia's far west coast, less than a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel seeking refuge.

Thai police are seeking 20 more suspects over trafficking of Rohingya migrants in Padang Besar in Thailand

A boat carrying about 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim community has been rescued off northern Indonesia.