Latest


Myanmar to handover more boat people to Bangladesh

  •   Thu, Jul 16 2015 11:54:27 AM

Yangon, Jul 16 (IANS): Myanmar authorities are slated to handover 165 verified Bangladeshi boat people, an official report said on Thursday.

A total of 733 boat people were rescued by Myanmar navy on May 29 at sea near Pyapon township, and are being provided temporary shelter in the state of Rakhine, Xinhua reported.

The handover is scheduled for July 22, the report added.

Last month, Myanmar had sent back the first batch of 187 verified Bangladeshis out of 200 saved on May 21 off Myanmar's Rakhine coast.

Investigation by the Myanmar government found that some of the boat people had fallen victim to human trafficking rings and crime syndicates after receiving offer of work in Thailand and Malaysia from illegal job brokers.

 
  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Myanmar to handover more boat people to Bangladesh



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.

You might also like