Rohingya in Phuket to be sent back

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Rohingya in Phuket to be sent back

Published: 2 Jan 2013 at 19.38
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Officials say 73 Rohingya found adrift off Phuket island will be repatriated to Myanmar.

Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut said on Wednesday the Rohingya declared they were unable to continue their hoped-for journey to Malaysia due to exhaustion and fear of mishaps at sea.

Mr Maitri said 12 children were among the 73 refugees, all of whom will be sent back to Myanmar by land on transport provided by immigration police.

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dok
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Discussion 2 : 03 Jan 2013 at 01.262
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For those do not not know about problematic RO, please be advised don't be a lobbyist for RO without comprehensive study. Or you will be enemy of the locals who roamed SEA since centuries ago and still be residents there.
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Discussion 1 : 02 Jan 2013 at 22.071
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The Rohingya are arguably amongst the most persecuted minority groups in the world, and their 'repatriation' to Burma where they are denied citizenship and a whole raft of basic human rights is contrary to Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which says, "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution." The only escape clause is that "this right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations", and this clearly does not apply in the case of the Rohingya.
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