Thailand Forces Burmese Refugees Back Out To Sea: Survivors

Thailand Forces Burmese Refugees Back Out To Sea: Survivors

A refugee rights organization has called on the Thai government to stop stranding Rohingya boat people from western Burma's Arakan State at sea after apprehending them for illegally entering Thailand.

In a press release issued on Monday, Washington, DC-based Refugees International said the Thai government "should instruct its Army to desist from its new and troubling policy of pushing refugees and migrants intercepted on boats back out to sea."

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