Myanmar Questioning Migrants Found Stranded Offshore

Myanmar says it is set to begin processing more than 700 boat people it rescued off its coast earlier this week. Officials near the western border town of Maungdaw told VOA the refugees, including more than 70 women and 40 children, were being brought Wednesday to an immigration center near the town of Taung Pyo. The authorities say the process will take three days before officials can determine the status of the people and decide what to do with them. Myanmar does not recognize the...

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