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South-East Asian migrant crisis: Thailand approves US flights to locate boats as nations gather for summit - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Thailand's deputy prime minister says the country will allow the United States to fly surveillance planes from its territory to identify migrant boats adrift in South-East Asian seas.
US assistant secretary of state, Anne Richard, had said earlier that the United States had made a request to fly such missions.
"Yes, we are permitting it, it is starting today," General Tanasak Patimapragorn said on the sidelines of an intergovernmental meeting in Bangkok on the regional migrant crisis.
The one-day gathering comes as at least 2,000 migrants are thought to be stranded at sea with nowhere to land.
In his opening remarks to a meeting with 17 countries and other agencies, Volker Turk, UNHCR assistant high commissioner for protection, urged Myanmar to tackle the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from its shores.
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Mr Turk said addressing the root causes of the exodus "will require full assumption of responsibility by Myanmar to all its people".
"Granting of citizenship is the ultimate goal," he said.
Myanmar complains over 'politicising' of migrant issue
Myanmar's foreign ministry director-general Htin Lynn, called Mr Turk's comments a "politicisation" of the migrant subject, adding that "some issues" are internal.
On "this issue of illegal migration of boat people, you cannot single out my country", Myanmar's foreign ministry director-general Htin Lynn said.
Thailand's deputy prime minister says the country will allow the United States to fly surveillance planes from its territory to identify migrant boats adrift in South-East Asian seas.
US assistant secretary of state, Anne Richard, had said earlier that the United States had made a request to fly such missions.
"Yes, we are permitting it, it is starting today," General Tanasak Patimapragorn said on the sidelines of an intergovernmental meeting in Bangkok on the regional migrant crisis.
The one-day gathering comes as at least 2,000 migrants are thought to be stranded at sea with nowhere to land.
In his opening remarks to a meeting with 17 countries and other agencies, Volker Turk, UNHCR assistant high commissioner for protection, urged Myanmar to tackle the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from its shores.
World news in your inbox[/paste:font]Subscribe to get ABC News delivered to your email, including top world headlines, news and analysis from home and alerts on major breaking stories.
Mr Turk said addressing the root causes of the exodus "will require full assumption of responsibility by Myanmar to all its people".
"Granting of citizenship is the ultimate goal," he said.
Myanmar complains over 'politicising' of migrant issue
Myanmar's foreign ministry director-general Htin Lynn, called Mr Turk's comments a "politicisation" of the migrant subject, adding that "some issues" are internal.
On "this issue of illegal migration of boat people, you cannot single out my country", Myanmar's foreign ministry director-general Htin Lynn said.
