UN Calls for Investigation into Alleged Thai Human Trafficking

The United Nations called on Friday for an urgent investigation into allegations in a Reuters report that Thai immigration officials moved Burma refugees into human trafficking rings.   The report, published on Thursday and based on a two-month investigation in three countries, revealed a clandestine policy to remove Rohingya refugees from Thailand's immigration detention centers and deliver them to human traffickers waiting at sea.   The Rohingya, stateless Muslims from...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - vendredi 6 décembre 2013