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Surapong to Myanmar on Rohingya

Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul will visit Myanmar this month to seek a solution to the growing problem of Rohingya illegal migrants in Thailand.

His trip is a follow-up to a visit by Jullapong Nonsrichai, an assistant to the minister, who reported no progress after meeting Myanmar government officials last month.

Mr Surapong quoted Mr Jullapong as saying that Nay Pyi Taw was not certain whether the Rohingya migrants arriving in Thailand recently originated from Rakhine state in Myanmar or from Bangladesh.

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  • hillfarang

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    Discussion 3 : 02 Feb 2013 at 09.353

    "because I don't want to see an influx of these people," said Mr Surapong."

    If you house, feed & care for them, then, they will come, probably in numbers too large to re-patriate. Here Myanmar is playing it clever & Thailand's slow on the uptake.

    To all the "bleeding hearts", this is a corrupt system (65,000 baht/person) NOT genuine refugees fleeing a war.

  • patchar

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    Discussion 2 : 02 Feb 2013 at 09.222

    The best for them is to stay here in Thailand, they look like them anyway. Both counries are members of the ASEAN. just a matter of talks between these two country and this problem is solve.

  • CMfarang

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    Discussion 1 : 01 Feb 2013 at 19.361

    Maybe someone can smuggle them out on a boat to Canada or Australia like they did with the Sri Lankan Tamils.

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