Rohingya people
Indonesia, Malaysia to help Muslim migrants stranded at sea
Indonesia and Malaysia agreed May 20 to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants stranded at sea, the first breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis confronting Southeast Asia after weeks of reluctance by the region's nations to take responsibility.
Indonesia says migrant crisis is regional problem
Indonesia said on May 19 that the migrant boat crisis was a problem for all of Southeast Asia ahead of key regional talks, as Jakarta and other countries came under more pressure to let the boatpeople land.
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Turkish military ship joins efforts to reach Rohingya Muslims
The Turkish navy is carrying out efforts to reach Rohingya Muslims stranded in boats off the coast of Thailand and Malaysia, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said.
Philippines says prepared to help boatpeople
The Philippines said May 19 it was ready to help Rohingya and Bangladeshi boatpeople, as its Southeast Asian neighbours faced outrage for turning them away.
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Malaysian FM to meet Indonesian, Thai counterparts on migrants
Malaysia said on May 17 that its foreign minister would meet his Indonesian and Thai counterparts to discuss the surge in stricken boatpeople from Bangladesh and Myanmar flooding to Southeast Asia.
Foreign Minister Anifah Aman was to meet Indonesia's Retno Marsudi in the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu on May 18, a government official said.
700 migrants rescued off Indonesia as pressure grows for solution
Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants were rescued off Indonesia on May 15, police said, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned Southeast Asian summit.
Send boatpeople back home, says Malaysia amid growing crisis at sea
Malaysia said on May 14 it would push boats full of migrants back to sea, a policy that has drawn criticism from the U.N. refugee agency as thousands remained adrift in Southeast Asian waters.
Thailand, Malaysia may set up camps for influx of boatpeople
Thailand and Malaysia may set up camps and detention centres to shelter hundreds of refugees arriving on their shores, officials said on May 12, as a leading inter-governmental agency said about 7,000 boatpeople were still adrift in the Bay of Bengal.
About 1,400 migrants rescued off Indonesia, Malaysia
Four boats carrying some 1,400 Rohingya migrants were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia on May 11, officials said, a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel off Indonesia's Aceh.
500 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar wash to shore in Indonesia
Boats carrying about 500 members of Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community washed to shore in western Indonesia on May 10, with some of the people in need of medical attention, a migration official and a human rights advocate said.