Rights Groups Call on ASEAN to Address Rohingya Detention

Rights groups are calling on the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to make greater progress in settling about 7,000 Muslim Myanmar refugees a year after they were rescued after being abandoned at sea by traffickers. The refugees are mostly from the Rohingya population of Myanmar's western Arakine state and were saved after a crackdown by Thai authorities. Crackdown on traffickers a year ago Earlier, camps used by smugglers were uncovered in southern Thailand and...

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