Thailand

'Thousands' of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded at sea

An international migration agency says thousands of refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar are stranded at sea close to Thailand.
11 May 2015

Malaysia says no human trafficking camp there

The Malaysian home ministry denies claims that the country has trafficking camps of immigrants similar to those in Thailand.
11 May 2015

Thai, Malaysian authorities to meet over trafficking

Thailand and Malaysian police are expected to meet Friday to discuss human trafficking issues plaguing both nations.
11 May 2015

1,400 Rohingyas from Bangladesh, Myanmar rescued off Indonesia, Malaysia

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.
11 May 2015

Thai police seek 20 more trafficking suspects

Thai police are seeking 20 more suspects over trafficking of Rohingya migrants in Padang Besar in Thailand
10 May 2015

Boat carrying Rohingya migrants rescued off Indonesia

A boat carrying about 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim community has been rescued off northern Indonesia.
10 May 2015

32 more Bangladeshis rescued in Thailand

Thirty-two more Bangladeshi migrants have been found on Khao Kaew mountain in adjacent areas of Hat Yai and Rattaphum districts of Songkhla in Thailand.
9 May 2015

Thailand questions 117 migrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar

Thai authorities question more than 100 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar discovered in Thailand’s south to determine whether they were victims of human trafficking.
9 May 2015

Thai police arrest mayor over human trafficking

Thai police arrest the mayor of Padang Besar, southern border sub district, alleging he is the key player of human-trafficking ring and detention camps where graves of Rohingya muslim have been found, reports phuketwan.com.
8 May 2015

25,000 Rohingya, Bangladeshi fortune-seekers trafficked in 3 months: UNHCR

UNHCR report says some 25,000 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis boarded smugglers' boats from the Bay of Bengal between January and March this year, almost double the number over the same period in 2014.
8 May 2015

Bangladesh envoy visits Thai mass grave

Bangladesh Ambassador to Thailand, Saida Muna Tasneem visits the first mass grave of human trafficking victims in Southern Thailand.
8 May 2015

5 graves discovered at 2nd migrant camp in Thailand

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha warns of tough action against state officials linked to human trafficking, says a government spokesman
5 May 2015

Families forced to pay ransom for Bangladeshis stuck in jungle camps

Promising jobs in Malaysia,a gang of human traffickers hold about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand for ransom over the past 8 years and made millions of taka.
5 May 2015

US calls for speedy inquiry into Thai mass grave

The United States, which censures Thailand for failing to act against human trafficking, called on Monday for speedy and credible inquiry into discovery of a mass grave containing more than two dozen bodies thought to be of ethnic migrants.
5 May 2015

Mass graves in Thailand

At least 32 mass graves of victims of trafficking from Bangladesh and Myanmar were found two days ago in an abandoned jungle in southern Thailand...
4 May 2015

Mass graves in Thailand

At least 32 mass graves of victims of trafficking from Bangladesh and Myanmar were found two days ago in an abandoned jungle in southern Thailand...
4 May 2015

4 arrested in Thailand mass grave case

Four people are apprehended and arrest warrants issued over human trafficking in the Southern region of Thailand after a mass grave was discovered in Songkhla province along the Thai-Malaysia border.
4 May 2015

Slave Trade Booms In Dark Triangle

Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...
3 May 2015

2nd Thai jungle camp holds more bodies, villagers say

Villagers may soon lead authorities to another traffickers' jungle camp in southern Thailand holding even more bodies than the 26 uncovered in the first after two days of digging. Yesterday, Thai authorities found 32 graves suspected to be of trafficked victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh in an abandoned jungle camp.
3 May 2015

Bangladeshi migrants' mass grave in Thailand!

Bangladeshi migrant is found alive in mass grave that was discovered yesterday on a remote and rugged mountain in border district Sadao,Songkhla in Thailand.
2 May 2015