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Climate change 'threatens fight against illegal fishing'
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2016
» SAMUT SAKHON - Climate change threatens to undermine the government's efforts to combat illegal fishing and avoid a potential European Union ban on exports by the multibillion- dollar seafood industry, environmental groups say.
Indonesia: 44 migrants must sail on
Reuters, Published on 17/06/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have stopped 44 migrants believed to be from Sri Lanka from disembarking from their boat and said on Friday the vessel had to head back out to sea after being supplied with food and fuel and repaired.
Chevron said sellling $1.2bn Myanmar gas assets
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2016
» HONG KONG/SINGAPORE -- US oil and gas major Chevron Corp has put its Myanmar gas block stakes worth an estimated US$1.3 billion up for sale, banking sources familiar with the matter said, in what would mark the biggest M&A transaction involving the country's assets.
IOM urges Thailand, Asean to block repeat of migrant crisis
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2015
» Southeast Asian countries were urged on Tuesday to treat migrants landing on their shores humanely and avoid a repeat of this year's disaster in which hundreds of refugees were either lost at sea or died in jungle camps.
Myanmar navy holds 700 migrants offshore for 3rd day
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2015
» YANGON – More than 700 migrants found packed aboard an overcrowded boat in the Andaman Sea were still being held offshore by Myanmar's navy on Monday, more than three days after the converted fishing vessel was intercepted off the country's coast.
Rohingya taken off before Myanmar 'rescued' boat
Reuters, Published on 27/05/2015
» THEK KAY PYIN, MYANMAR — When the Myanmar navy seized a boat used by people smugglers last week, it announced that the 200 people found aboard were mostly Bangladeshis seeking better economic prospects in Southeast Asia.
No trafficking camps left in South - police
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2015
» Police on Monday said there were no human trafficking camps left in the South following a month-long crackdown and the discovery of seven camps in mountainous jungle near the Thai-Malaysian border.
Thailand worried by blast of anti-migrant vitriol
Reuters, Published on 18/05/2015
» Thailand expressed concern on Monday at a wave of anti-migrant vitriol on social media, which the government said underlined why it cannot accept any more of the asylum seekers who have been arriving by boat on its shores.