Another wave of immigrants from Burma and Bangladesh in Indonesia. To the coast of the Indonesian province of Aceh reached a group of about 500 people.
So far, with the help of fishermen rescued more than 350 people. So many immigrants registered Indonesian authorities. At sea, however, are boats with more refugees.
The Indonesian authorities as before neighboring Malaysia announced recently that they would not accept refugees. However, when the life of refugees is in immediate danger, rescue is taken.
The UN calls on countries in the region to combat a phenomenon of human trafficking in Southeast Asia. In recent times, flourishing smuggling people from poor and overpopulated countries to Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Organized gangs of organized smuggling boats unfit to travel over longer distances. Often people are left without help, with scanty rations of water and food.
The UN and world powers are calling for immediate action to put an end to this practice spreads mainly in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
fleeing from Bangladesh and Burma
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are the target immigrants, mainly from Bangladesh and the Muslim Rohingya from Burma who flee from persecution. No country in Southeast Asia does not want to accept them for fear that they will usher in an uncontrolled influx of poor and uneducated newcomers. All countries in the region had closed its borders for arriving by sea of illegal immigrants.
Malaysia has blocked its north-western sea border in order to prevent an increase wave exodus, the largest since the end of the Vietnam War. Thousands of illegal immigrants drowned off the coast of Thailand recently when they were abandoned by smugglers who threaten to run more stringent penalties for dealings.
Immigrants in Europe
The European Union is preparing the military mission in the Mediterranean. Poland has not yet reported its participation. In Brussels they talk about operations EU foreign ministers and defense. It is to be aimed at smugglers who pass on immigrants from Africa to Europe.
The European Commission wants to force EU countries to accept refugees. Impressive controversial strategy on this issue adopted on Wednesday. Brussels wants to determine the limits for each country to mitigate the effects of illegal immigration from Africa, and the Middle East and relieve the countries that receive the most refugees.
FILM: Italian patrol “Monte Cimone” captured a ship with 98 migrants on board about 200 nautical miles from the coast of Sicily. Among the travelers were three pregnant women. Immigrants were at sea for 12 days. For at least two only ship drifted and gradually filled with water. Source: ENEX / x-news
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