Friday, May 15, 2015

Migrants From Myanmar, Shunned by Malaysia, Are Spotted Adrift in Andaman Sea - NYTimes.com

Migrants From Myanmar, Shunned by Malaysia, Are Spotted Adrift in Andaman Sea - NYTimes.com:

The Indonesian Navy turned away a boat with thousands of passengers on Tuesday, urging it on to Malaysia, while the Malaysian authorities turned away two boats with a total of at least 800 passengers on Wednesday.

“What we have now is a game of maritime Ping-Pong,” said Joe Lowry, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration in Bangkok. “It’s maritime Ping-Pong with human life. What’s the endgame? I don’t want to be too overdramatic, but if these people aren’t treated and brought to shore soon, we are going to have a boat full of corpses.”

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