Seventy illegal migrants believed to be Rohingya held


THE nation arrested 70 illegal immigrants including 30 children suspected to be Rohingya from Myanmar on an island in the country’s south, Thai official said, in the latest wave of arrivals to South-East Asia.

In Myanmar, the Rohingya Muslims are regarded as foreign interlopers from South Asia and are denied citizenship and subject to abuse.

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