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Forensic police in Malaysia exhume migrant corpses buried along the Thai border

Malaysian forensic teams are involved in the macabre task of exhuming the bodies of hundreds of migrants found at 140 grave sites and abandoned

Malaysia

Malaysian forensic officers examine remains of migrants found along Thai border

Police forensic teams in Malaysia are at work to identify whether the remains uncovered at 139 grave sites and 28 abandoned camps are Bangladeshi or

Malaysia

Malaysian police find 139 mass graves near Thai border

Malaysia

Dozens of suspected migrant graves found near Malaysia-Thailand border, police reveal

Malaysian police have revealed that 140 graves, believed to contain the remains of migrants, have been found near the country’s border with Thailand

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Myanmar

Myanmar set to send migrants back to Bangladesh

Indonesia is far beyond the shores of the Mediterranean but both share a common problem. On Saturday over 200 migrants were rescued in a wooden boat

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UN urges South East Asian countries to do more for migrants at sea

Hundreds of boatpeople have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after being stranded at sea for more than 40 days. Myanmar is said to have

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Southeast Asia too has desperate migrants drowning in unfriendly waters

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Bangladeshi and Rohingy refugees rescued in Indonesia

Myanmar

Myanmar jails New Zealand bar manager and associates for insulting religion

New Zealander Phil Blackwood and two colleagues from Myanmar have been jailed for two and a half years with hard labour for insulting religion in the

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China threatens 'decisive' response after alleged Myanmar bombing

China says it will take “decisive” measures if Myanmar commits another attack on its territory. The threat comes amid allegations that Myanmar

Myanmar

Dozens feared dead in Myanmar ferry disaster

Around 50 people are feared dead after a ferry sank off Myanmar. The boat, which had more than 200 passengers onboard, was swamped by huge waves

Myanmar

Myanmar: Inquiry announced into student protest crackdown

Students detained during a violent police crackdown in Myanmar have appeared in court. Anxious relatives called out names and tried to get a glimpse

Myanmar

Student protesters clash with riot police in Myanmar

A stand-off of more than a week between students and police has erupted into violence in Myanmar. Riot officers lashed out with batons as some 200

Myanmar

Red Cross volunteers wounded in Myanmar

Several Myanmar Red Cross Society volunteers have been wounded after unknown attackers fired at their convoy The mission was attempting to transport

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Burman monks protest against Rohingya voting rights

Myanmar

NZ bar manager faces Myanmar prison for 'insulting religion'

A New Zealand bar manager appeared in court in Myanmar on Friday on charges of insulting religion after posting an online advert showing a

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Playing politics: young movers and shakers

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Myanmar: on the road to democracy?

Myanmar

Bomb blast during sermon by radical Myanmar monk wounds 5

Myanmar

Two Buddhists jailed for murder in Burmese religious riots