I've decided to start video blogging, out of desperation really. I'm watching this genocide unfold like a nightmare and still everyone is reporting it as 'intercommunal violence' when history and facts reveal it is clearly well organised ethnic cleansing with authority involvement.
Every day I'm asking myself what else I can do to help these people. I figure since I have a webcam and a voice and freedom of speech that I haven't fully been using all the resources available to me, so I just have to give this a try.
Excuse my blunders, I'm no professional, got not experience, but I'm a quick learner so stick with me I'll try get better with time.
I wasn't sure what to begin with. I'm blogging about the Rohingya not me so I decided not to introduce myself other than give my name - I guess a personal intro about me can come much later when the situation is not so critical.
I chose this story that I read on the Rohingya Blogger website yesterday, that I found truly appalling, 64 families that were insanely tortured in the township of Maungdaw for refusing to register as illegal Bengali immigrants. I believe this is worthy of investigation, but sadly another atrocity no doubt about to be buried with all the rest taking place that hardly get a glance.
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Rohingya Boatpeople
Just how many Rohingya people are being forced out to sea? The list of reports below should give you an idea of the scale of this humanitarian disaster.
Rohingya have clearly been shipped out of Burma for years now, often into slavery, but there has been a marked increase over the past few months and especially weeks. My friend tells me the recent increase is due to persecution, threats and starvation. The Rohingya people are really faced with no other option but to risk this perilous voyage. But the consequences are often tragic. Here are some photos of Rohingya bodies that were recovered from the sea, taken on 27th July 2012.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM Efforts by a human rights organisation to prevent Phuket's boatpeople children from beginning their journey all over again have failed. They are now back at sea, in another boat. More »
Thursday, January 3, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM The New York-based Human Rights Watch has pleaded with the Thai Government to save the Phuket boat families who have been trucked to an uncertain fate More »
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM The group of Rohingya boatpeople who ran out of fuel near Phuket are being trucked back towards Burma where they started their risky voyage a fortnight ago. More »
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Latest A boatload of Rohingya families including children as young as three years old was brought ashore after officials concluded they would be at risk if their voyage continued. More »
AP
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM Families with young children are now fleeing ethnic cleansing in Burma, with them facing the likelihood of being trafficked by people smugglers. Will Asean finally do something? More »
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Photo Album A boatload of Rohingya, fleeing persecution in Burma, were ''helped on'' towards Malaysia off Phuket with women and children as young as three among the 74 on board. More »
Monday, December 31, 2012
Latest As many as 10,000 Rohingya may have sailed south already with thousands more expected to make their way past Phuket, looking for sanctuary and a new life. More »
Friday, December 28, 2012
Latest back in 2008, Phuketwan had just begun when a team of journalists headed north to Ranong to see for themselves what had happened in a Burmese ''death truck.'' More »
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Latest A checkpoint in southern Thailand has apprehended 127 Rohingya in a convoy of five minivans and returned them to a port on the Thai-Burma border. More »
Humanitarian crisis for Burma's eternal outsiders
Sunday, December 23, 2012
NY 2013 Countdown The Rohingya of Burma stand out in 2012, as in 2009, as the story of the year. And once again, the ethnic cleansing reflects just as poorly on Burma and its neighbors. More »
Sunday, December 16, 2012
News Analysis Two vessels carrying shipwreck survivors were banned from entering Singapore this week on a technicality. The real reason? Singapore has no heart. More »
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Latest Singapore forces a ship laden with survivors of a sinking to sail on in search of a less heartless destination by refusing to consider allowing boatpeople to land on their island. More »
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Latest Singapore's refusal to allow a ship carrying recently rescued boatpeople to enter has raised concerns by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. More »
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Latest In an action that reveals a distinct lack of compassion, Singapore has refused to allow a vessel carrying 40 rescued boatpeople to dock in the prosperous island nation. More »
Monday, December 10, 2012
Latest Three boatloads of Rohingya have landed on islands off the coast of Thailand in quick succession, according to reliable sources. The fate of the men and boys is not known. More »
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Latest Larger numbers of Rohingya are fleeing Burma by boat, sailing past Phuket into the hands of people-traffickers who demand a fee for entry to Malaysia.The choice is slavery at sea. More »
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Latest Ethnic cleansing that verges on genocide is taking place in Burma, north of Phuket, with thousands of children malnourished and teenage boys taking to the sea to escape. More »
Thursday, November 22, 2012
UPDATE A pond in a Rohingya village has been poisoned as part of an attempt to exterminate the Muslim minority, a Phuket source says, despite a plea from US President barack Obama. More »
Monday, November 12, 2012
Latest A group of 112 extremely young Rohingya boys and men who landed in Thailand at the weekend were ''deported'' within 36 hours, a euphemism, an activist says, for slave labor. More »
Sunday, November 11, 2012
PHOTO ALBUM It's feared more Rohingya boats are likely to follow a group of 112 who were forced to come ashore north of Phuket in Thailand and arrested when their boat developed a hole. More »
Friday, November 9, 2012
Latest A boatload of 120 Rohingya men and boys has been ''helped on'' by the Burmese Navy close to the border with Thailand, a usually reliable source has told Phuketwan. More »
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Latest A second boatload of Rohingya refugees is reported to have sunk while trying to flee south past Phuket to begin a new life in Malaysia. More »
Monday, October 29, 2012
Latest Coincidentally with the fresh wave of ethnic cleansing in Burma has come news of the interception of a boatload of Rohingya who were ''helped on'' by the Thai Navy. More »
Monday, October 29, 2012
Latest Satellite before and after photographs taken from the skies above Burma have established without doubt that hundreds of Rohingya have been burned from their homes in Burma. More »
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Latest Unconfirmed reports are reaching Phuketwan of boatloads of Rohingya fleeing mobs as homes as razed in Burma, and a mother's death in childbirth on one vessel. More »
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Latest With the sailing season drawing near, the Navy and maritime officials in all Andaman provinces have drawn up a plan to keep the unwanted boatpeople from landing. More »
Monday, September 10, 2012
News Analysis Phuket awaits more boatpeople sailing south as Asean dithers and Burma retains a racist outlook that drives unwanted Rohingya into the sea. More »
Monday, September 3, 2012
News Analysis The Rohingya have never been involved in Thailand's separatist struggle, an expert says as monks march and pressure mounts to force the unwanted Muslims into the sea. More »
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Latest Burma's acceptance of aid from Saudi Arabia for Muslims and Buddhists displaced in sectarian violence may mean fewer boatpeople are forced tob flee past Phuket. More »
Monday, July 30, 2012
Latest With world attention centring once again on the persecution of Rohingya in Burma, the military and volunteers along the coast north of Phuket are ready to ''help on'' more boatpeople. More »
Friday, July 20, 2012
News Analysis Shocking ethnic brutality north of Thailand in Burma is likely to convert to a mass exodus as Rohingya are expected take to the boats as would-be refugees in record numbers. More »
Friday, May 25, 2012
News Analysis Freedom in Burma may mean just the opposite for the Rohingya if racists feel they have the right to become more outspoken. Violence is the fear now. More »
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Latest Revelation by the Thai military of the numbers of Rohingya boatpeople being apprehended or ''helped on'' have been welcomed by a key non-government aid agency. More »
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Latest In the first clear indication of Thailand's policy and the number of boatpeople involved, the Thai military has provided figures that indicate thousands of Rohingya are sailing in hope of new lives. More »
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Latest The Navy announces plans to extend community ''command posts'' along the Andaman coast north and south of Phuket to control drugs, illegal immigration and smuggling. More »
Monday, February 27, 2012
Latest Within less than 24 hours, Phuket's latest boatpeople have gone. Thailand continues to carry out a questionable policy to deal with boatpeople the only way it knows how - in secret. More »
Sunday, February 26, 2012
News Analysis The latest boatload of Rohingya to arrive on Thailand's shores land on the holiday playground of Phket and raise once more moral questions the world has so far failed to answer. More »
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Latest A boatload of Rohingya landed in southern Phuket and have spread out across the island looking for food and water, with Phuket police in pursuit. More »
Friday, February 24, 2012
News Analysis The detention of Rohingya boatpeople for three years in India is one symptom of the region's inability to deal with the issue and its resort to secret support for trafficking. More »
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Latest The apprehension of a Rohingya boat containing 85 men and boys has been filmed as a succession of vessels continues to head south past Phuket to Malaysia. More »
Friday, January 13, 2012
Latest Human rights groups have welcomed Burma's freeing of more key political prisoners but the mistreated Rohingya remain victims of a regional conspiracy of silence. More »
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Latest A second boatload of Rohingya men and boys has been handed directly to the Thai Army after their apprehension near a fishing port north of Phuket. More »
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Latest Human Rights Watch calls on the Thai Government to reveal the whereabouts of a group of boatpeople who landed north of Phuket, and explain its Rohingya policy. More »
Saturday, November 26, 2011
PHOTO ALBUM First photos confirm the arrest of a boatload of Rohingya north of Phuket but international concern mounts with reports they are now in the hands of the Army. More »
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Latest Fresh reports confirm another boatload of would-be refugees off Thailand's coast and one source says eight more vessels have put to sea in recent days. More »
Saturday, October 8, 2011
News Analysis The arrival on the Malaysian island of Penang of the first boatpeople of the ''sailing season'' means Phuket can expect visitors whose fate will remain just as uncertain on dry land. More »
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Latest Allegations of torture and human rights abuses by the Thai military have been made by Rohingya boatpeople in India, providing an international test for Thailand's new government. More »
Friday, August 19, 2011
Latest Mystery surrounds the sudden shift north of Phuket's boatpeople prisoners as others are given 4000 baht each as they board longtails . . . destined for who knows where. More »
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Latest A Royal Thai Navy patrol boat intercepts a trafficker on a longtail and captures his cargo of 55 Burmese, some bound for Phuket. The interception occurs in Rohingya waters. More »
Monday, July 18, 2011
Latest A people-trafficker demanded 20,000 baht each from 42 Burmese to attempt a perilous boat journey to a better life on Phuket. Now the boatload are heading home, much poorer. More »
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Latest A group of Rohingya boatpeople, including young boys, is still being held in cramped condition after five months on Phuket as concerns grow for their wellbeing. More »
Monday, March 7, 2011
Latest A source confirms that 35 Rohingya men and boys from a boatload of would be refugees that landed on Phuket have now been moved - and a UN agency would like to know where. More
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
UPDATE Are they Rohingya, Bangladeshis or illegal immigrants from Myanmar? The mystery of 91 boatpeople who found themselves washed up starving in Indian territory grows deeper, despite denials. More »
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Latest With concern mounting that Thailand may have restarted its reprehensible push backs of Rohingya refugees, we publish the names and ages of those being held on Phuket and in Phang Nga. More »
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Latest As concern mounts about whether one group of boatpeople have been pushed back in peril at sea by Thai authorities, the UN's refugee agency gains permission to access 135 others. More »
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Latest With a boatload of starving men cast away on remote Indian islands, Human Rights Watch says the Thai Government should be honest about boatpeople arrivals - and departures. More »
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Breaking News UPDATE More than half the Rohingya boatpeople who arrived on the Andaman coast in recent weeks are unaccounted for by Immigration authorities, raising the spectre of the notorious ''pushbacks.'' More »
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Latest The perilous journey down the coast may be over for boatpeople fleeing persecution in Burma but being apprehended in Thailand does not mean the danger is over. More »
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Latest With concern mounting that Thailand may have restarted its reprehensible push backs of Rohingya refugees, we publish the names and ages of those being held on Phuket and in Phang Nga. More »
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Latest As concern mounts about whether one group of boatpeople have been pushed back in peril at sea by Thai authorities, the UN's refugee agency gains permission to access 135 others. More »
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Latest With a boatload of starving men cast away on remote Indian islands, Human Rights Watch says the Thai Government should be honest about boatpeople arrivals - and departures. More »
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Breaking News UPDATE More than half the Rohingya boatpeople who arrived on the Andaman coast in recent weeks are unaccounted for by Immigration authorities, raising the spectre of the notorious ''pushbacks.'' More »
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Latest The perilous journey down the coast may be over for boatpeople fleeing persecution in Burma but being apprehended in Thailand does not mean the danger is over. More »
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Latest Immigration authorities on Phuket say that no decision has been made yet about the future of a boatload of Rohingya captured on the island. Reports of 'repatriation' appear premature. More »
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
News Analysis With Rohingya and ripoffs, there's just no end to what can be encountered on a Phuket beach. The big question remains: what will Thailand's refugee policy be next? More »
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Breaking News UPDATE About 68 Rohingya in two groups have been apprehended after the first boatpeople waded ashore on a quiet part of Phuket near a luxury five-star resort. More »
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Latest The fate of two groups of Rohingya in custody and at least two more groups who may be on the water sparks a UN call for access to determine the status and assure the safety of the men. More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Boatpeople crisis A second vessel carrying stateless Rohingya brings to more than 150 the number who have landed on Thailand's Andaman coast in a new wave of arrivals. More »
Monday, January 24, 2011
Latest The boatpeople ''pushbacks'' that plunged Thailand into a human rights crisis are echoing as a second vessel carrying Rohingya would be refugees lands on the Andaman coast. More »
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Breaking News A boatload of would be Rohingya refugees is apprehended on Thailand's Andaman coast, and Phuketwan believes as many as seven more boats could be sailing south. More »
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Latest Rohingya boat people are expected to sail for salvation again this high season, aiming for a coastline that simultaneously appeals to both the world's richest and most deprived citizens. More »
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Latest Burmese caught working illegally in Phuket and along the Andaman coast are taken back to the border town of Ranong, where two Burmese say officials are involved in people trafficking. More »
Monday, March 22, 2010
Breaking News Conflicting reports surround Thailand's treatment of 93 Rohingya boatpeople. A Royal Thai Navy spokesman says another group may already be being held in Thailand. More »
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Latest Tourist sightseers and refugees needing food and water have become the unusual mix off Phuket and the Andaman coast again as the Navy politely sends boatpeople on their way. More »
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Latest Phuketwan has picked up a top news award as part of the team that broke the Scoop of the Year 2009. Coincidentally, the award comes amid reports of boatpeople near Phuket. More »
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
UPDATE Navy activity today lends credence to reports that an unusual vessel, possibly a boatload of would be refugees, may be at sea close to the popular tourist destination of Phuket. More »
Monday, December 14, 2009
Latest More would be refugees are now flying with false passports rather than rsik a ''pushback'' by the Thai military or endless detention, according to an NGO. More »
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Latest The Andaman coast has a new navy area command leader, and he has a watching brief for boatpeople and pirates. Sea rescues are another prime concern. More »
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Latest Rohingya boatpeople have been evacuated from Ranong Immigration detention centre. A doctor says conditions there were so bad that two men died and more were endangered. More »
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Photo Album Rohingya boatpeople are moved from Ranong after a second death in custody and failing health spotlight the official secrecy that surrounds issues of basic human rights. More »
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Latest Still stateless, the fate of a group of Rohingya boat people remains uncertain on the eve of human rights talks on Phuket. One has died, others seek escape. More »
Monday, June 22, 2009
Latest News Phuket and Patong especially rely on large numbers of Burmese workers. Now, as a registration deadline draws near, authorities are cracking down on secret voyagers. More »
Friday, June 12, 2009
Latest The release of a brochure on people trafficking highlights the part Phuket played in a notorious smuggling incident. Not a lot has changed since then. More »
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Photo Album Immigration officers say they have arrested a leading people trafficker as he prepared today to smuggle more than 30 Burmese laborers to Phuket. More »
Rohingya have clearly been shipped out of Burma for years now, often into slavery, but there has been a marked increase over the past few months and especially weeks. My friend tells me the recent increase is due to persecution, threats and starvation. The Rohingya people are really faced with no other option but to risk this perilous voyage. But the consequences are often tragic. Here are some photos of Rohingya bodies that were recovered from the sea, taken on 27th July 2012.
Phuket Boatpeople Families 'Already Back at Sea on Another Vessel'
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonThursday, January 3, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM Efforts by a human rights organisation to prevent Phuket's boatpeople children from beginning their journey all over again have failed. They are now back at sea, in another boat. More »
Save Phuket Boat Families Today, Rights Group Tells Thai Government
By Human Rights Watch Media ReleaseThursday, January 3, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM The New York-based Human Rights Watch has pleaded with the Thai Government to save the Phuket boat families who have been trucked to an uncertain fate More »
Phuket Boat Families Trucked Back to Burma Border in Tears
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonWednesday, January 2, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM The group of Rohingya boatpeople who ran out of fuel near Phuket are being trucked back towards Burma where they started their risky voyage a fortnight ago. More »
Phuket Boat Kids Brought Ashore as Future is Debated
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonWednesday, January 2, 2013
Latest A boatload of Rohingya families including children as young as three years old was brought ashore after officials concluded they would be at risk if their voyage continued. More »
450 Rohingya held in Malaysia after they are forced to swim to safety
January 1, 2013AP
Will These Phuket Boat Children End Up For Sale by Human Traffickers?
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianTuesday, January 1, 2013
PHOTO ALBUM Families with young children are now fleeing ethnic cleansing in Burma, with them facing the likelihood of being trafficked by people smugglers. Will Asean finally do something? More »
Phuket Stop for Boatpeople: Rohingya Children Now Fleeing 'Certain Death' in Burma
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianTuesday, January 1, 2013
Photo Album A boatload of Rohingya, fleeing persecution in Burma, were ''helped on'' towards Malaysia off Phuket with women and children as young as three among the 74 on board. More »
Sailing Past Holiday Phuket, Record Numbers of 10,000 Boatpeople Making a Shameful Exodus
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, December 31, 2012
Latest As many as 10,000 Rohingya may have sailed south already with thousands more expected to make their way past Phuket, looking for sanctuary and a new life. More »
Phuket Hopes and Dreams, Suffocated in a Death Truck
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianFriday, December 28, 2012
Latest back in 2008, Phuketwan had just begun when a team of journalists headed north to Ranong to see for themselves what had happened in a Burmese ''death truck.'' More »
Rohingya Trucked North: Checkpoint Exposes 127 in Minivan Convoy
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonThursday, December 27, 2012
Latest A checkpoint in southern Thailand has apprehended 127 Rohingya in a convoy of five minivans and returned them to a port on the Thai-Burma border. More »
Humanitarian crisis for Burma's eternal outsiders
Lindsay MurdochDecember 26, 2012
Phuket NY Countdown: The Saddest Story
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSunday, December 23, 2012
NY 2013 Countdown The Rohingya of Burma stand out in 2012, as in 2009, as the story of the year. And once again, the ethnic cleansing reflects just as poorly on Burma and its neighbors. More »
Why Singapore Lacks a Real Heart
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSunday, December 16, 2012
News Analysis Two vessels carrying shipwreck survivors were banned from entering Singapore this week on a technicality. The real reason? Singapore has no heart. More »
Singapore Turns Away Boatpeople
By Lindsay Murdoch, Fairfax Media correspondentThursday, December 13, 2012
Latest Singapore forces a ship laden with survivors of a sinking to sail on in search of a less heartless destination by refusing to consider allowing boatpeople to land on their island. More »
Boatpeople Rescue Ship Still Stranded Off Singapore
By Lindsay Murdoch, Fairfax Media CorrespondentWednesday, December 12, 2012
Latest Singapore's refusal to allow a ship carrying recently rescued boatpeople to enter has raised concerns by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. More »
Singapore Rejects Vessel That Saved 40 Boatpeople From Drowning
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianTuesday, December 11, 2012
Latest In an action that reveals a distinct lack of compassion, Singapore has refused to allow a vessel carrying 40 rescued boatpeople to dock in the prosperous island nation. More »
Hundreds of Rohingya Held Captive as Three Boats Land on Thai Islands
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonMonday, December 10, 2012
Latest Three boatloads of Rohingya have landed on islands off the coast of Thailand in quick succession, according to reliable sources. The fate of the men and boys is not known. More »
Fleeing Rohingya Captive on Thai Border
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSunday, December 9, 2012
Latest Larger numbers of Rohingya are fleeing Burma by boat, sailing past Phuket into the hands of people-traffickers who demand a fee for entry to Malaysia.The choice is slavery at sea. More »
Children Face Malnutrition in Burma Camps, Unicef Report Confirms
By Phuketwan/Media ReleaseThursday, November 29, 2012
Latest Ethnic cleansing that verges on genocide is taking place in Burma, north of Phuket, with thousands of children malnourished and teenage boys taking to the sea to escape. More »
Rohingya Pond Poisoned in Extermination Bid, Says Phuket Source
By Chutima SidasathianThursday, November 22, 2012
UPDATE A pond in a Rohingya village has been poisoned as part of an attempt to exterminate the Muslim minority, a Phuket source says, despite a plea from US President barack Obama. More »
Boatpeople 'Destined for Factories or Trawlers'
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, November 12, 2012
Latest A group of 112 extremely young Rohingya boys and men who landed in Thailand at the weekend were ''deported'' within 36 hours, a euphemism, an activist says, for slave labor. More »
Rohingya Boat Lands in Thailand, 112 Men Arrested North of Phuket
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonSunday, November 11, 2012
PHOTO ALBUM It's feared more Rohingya boats are likely to follow a group of 112 who were forced to come ashore north of Phuket in Thailand and arrested when their boat developed a hole. More »
Rohingya Boatload 'Helped On' by Burmese Navy, Says Source
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonFriday, November 9, 2012
Latest A boatload of 120 Rohingya men and boys has been ''helped on'' by the Burmese Navy close to the border with Thailand, a usually reliable source has told Phuketwan. More »
Rohingya Refugees 'Lost at Sea' Attempting Perilous Voyage Past Phuket
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianWednesday, November 7, 2012
Latest A second boatload of Rohingya refugees is reported to have sunk while trying to flee south past Phuket to begin a new life in Malaysia. More »
Rohingya Boatpeople 'Helped On' at Sea off Thailand: More Likely to Flee
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, October 29, 2012
Latest Coincidentally with the fresh wave of ethnic cleansing in Burma has come news of the interception of a boatload of Rohingya who were ''helped on'' by the Thai Navy. More »
Evidence of Ethnic Cleansing Comes Out of the Blue in Burma
By Alan MorisonMonday, October 29, 2012
Latest Satellite before and after photographs taken from the skies above Burma have established without doubt that hundreds of Rohingya have been burned from their homes in Burma. More »
Mother Died at Sea in Childbirth, According to Fleeing Rohingya Sources
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonSunday, October 28, 2012
Latest Unconfirmed reports are reaching Phuketwan of boatloads of Rohingya fleeing mobs as homes as razed in Burma, and a mother's death in childbirth on one vessel. More »
Phuket Plan Set for Six Andaman Provinces to 'Help On' Boatpeople
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonTuesday, September 11, 2012
Latest With the sailing season drawing near, the Navy and maritime officials in all Andaman provinces have drawn up a plan to keep the unwanted boatpeople from landing. More »
Boatpeople Will Flee as Asean Ignores Burma's Rohingya Racism
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, September 10, 2012
News Analysis Phuket awaits more boatpeople sailing south as Asean dithers and Burma retains a racist outlook that drives unwanted Rohingya into the sea. More »
Phuket Awaits Boats Amid 'Dirty War' Talk
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonMonday, September 3, 2012
News Analysis The Rohingya have never been involved in Thailand's separatist struggle, an expert says as monks march and pressure mounts to force the unwanted Muslims into the sea. More »
Saudis Back Rohingya Aid: Phuket May Be Spared Armada of Boatpeople
By Chutima SidasathianSunday, August 12, 2012
Latest Burma's acceptance of aid from Saudi Arabia for Muslims and Buddhists displaced in sectarian violence may mean fewer boatpeople are forced tob flee past Phuket. More »
Holiday Coast Ready to Repel Rohingya Boats
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, July 30, 2012
Latest With world attention centring once again on the persecution of Rohingya in Burma, the military and volunteers along the coast north of Phuket are ready to ''help on'' more boatpeople. More »
Phuket and Thai Military Ready for the Rohingya Ride of Their Lives
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianFriday, July 20, 2012
News Analysis Shocking ethnic brutality north of Thailand in Burma is likely to convert to a mass exodus as Rohingya are expected take to the boats as would-be refugees in record numbers. More »
More Rohingya Will Flee the New Apartheid
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianFriday, May 25, 2012
News Analysis Freedom in Burma may mean just the opposite for the Rohingya if racists feel they have the right to become more outspoken. Violence is the fear now. More »
Punishment Fails to Halt Large Numbers of Boatpeople Sailing Past Phuket
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSunday, March 25, 2012
Latest Revelation by the Thai military of the numbers of Rohingya boatpeople being apprehended or ''helped on'' have been welcomed by a key non-government aid agency. More »
Thailand Lists Boatpeople Arrested or Assisted Along Phuket Holiday Coast
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonSunday, March 18, 2012
Latest In the first clear indication of Thailand's policy and the number of boatpeople involved, the Thai military has provided figures that indicate thousands of Rohingya are sailing in hope of new lives. More »
Phuket 'Command Post' Plan to Protect Andaman Coastline
By Chutima SidasathianWednesday, March 14, 2012
Latest The Navy announces plans to extend community ''command posts'' along the Andaman coast north and south of Phuket to control drugs, illegal immigration and smuggling. More »
Phuket's Boatpeople: Gone Within 24 Hours
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, February 27, 2012
Latest Within less than 24 hours, Phuket's latest boatpeople have gone. Thailand continues to carry out a questionable policy to deal with boatpeople the only way it knows how - in secret. More »
Hungry, Thirsty and Deprived, Phuket's Silent Boatpeople Demand Answers from the World
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSunday, February 26, 2012
News Analysis The latest boatload of Rohingya to arrive on Thailand's shores land on the holiday playground of Phket and raise once more moral questions the world has so far failed to answer. More »
Phuket Landing! Rohingya Boatpeople Captured, Police Hunt Others in Southern Phuket
By Alan Morison and Sert TongdeeSunday, February 26, 2012
Latest A boatload of Rohingya landed in southern Phuket and have spread out across the island looking for food and water, with Phuket police in pursuit. More »
Rohingya Remain Unwanted as Secrecy Covers Treatment of Boatpeople
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianFriday, February 24, 2012
News Analysis The detention of Rohingya boatpeople for three years in India is one symptom of the region's inability to deal with the issue and its resort to secret support for trafficking. More »
Rohingya Boatpeople Held South of Phuket
By Chutima Sidasathian and Nussara LemThursday, February 9, 2012
Latest The apprehension of a Rohingya boat containing 85 men and boys has been filmed as a succession of vessels continues to head south past Phuket to Malaysia. More »
Prison Doors Open in Burma, But No Sign of Hope for Rohingya
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianFriday, January 13, 2012
Latest Human rights groups have welcomed Burma's freeing of more key political prisoners but the mistreated Rohingya remain victims of a regional conspiracy of silence. More »
More Boatpeople Handed to Army North of Phuket: Rohingya Riddle Deepens
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonSunday, December 4, 2011
Latest A second boatload of Rohingya men and boys has been handed directly to the Thai Army after their apprehension near a fishing port north of Phuket. More »
Where Are Boatpeople? Answers Wanted
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianTuesday, November 29, 2011
Latest Human Rights Watch calls on the Thai Government to reveal the whereabouts of a group of boatpeople who landed north of Phuket, and explain its Rohingya policy. More »
International Concern Mounts as Boatpeople Vanish North of Phuket
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSaturday, November 26, 2011
PHOTO ALBUM First photos confirm the arrest of a boatload of Rohingya north of Phuket but international concern mounts with reports they are now in the hands of the Army. More »
More Boatpeople Sailing Past Phuket, say Reports
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonWednesday, November 23, 2011
Latest Fresh reports confirm another boatload of would-be refugees off Thailand's coast and one source says eight more vessels have put to sea in recent days. More »
Phuket Likely to See More Rohingya Boatpeople This Sailing Season
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSaturday, October 8, 2011
News Analysis The arrival on the Malaysian island of Penang of the first boatpeople of the ''sailing season'' means Phuket can expect visitors whose fate will remain just as uncertain on dry land. More »
'Thais Tortured Us,' Say Rescued Rohingya Boatpeople
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSunday, August 21, 2011
Latest Allegations of torture and human rights abuses by the Thai military have been made by Rohingya boatpeople in India, providing an international test for Thailand's new government. More »
Phuket Boatpeople Trucked Out as Others Are Loaded into Longtails and 'Given 4000 Baht to Go'
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonFriday, August 19, 2011
Latest Mystery surrounds the sudden shift north of Phuket's boatpeople prisoners as others are given 4000 baht each as they board longtails . . . destined for who knows where. More »
Phuket-Bound Burmese Among 55 Nabbed by Navy Patrol
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonTuesday, August 9, 2011
Latest A Royal Thai Navy patrol boat intercepts a trafficker on a longtail and captures his cargo of 55 Burmese, some bound for Phuket. The interception occurs in Rohingya waters. More »
Phuket Just a Dream for Arrested Boatload of 44 Burmese, Ripped Off by People Trafficker
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonMonday, July 18, 2011
Latest A people-trafficker demanded 20,000 baht each from 42 Burmese to attempt a perilous boat journey to a better life on Phuket. Now the boatload are heading home, much poorer. More »
Phuket's Boatpeople Still Being Held
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSaturday, July 9, 2011
Latest A group of Rohingya boatpeople, including young boys, is still being held in cramped condition after five months on Phuket as concerns grow for their wellbeing. More »
Phuket Boatpeople 'Vanish' from Phang Nga
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, March 7, 2011
Latest A source confirms that 35 Rohingya men and boys from a boatload of would be refugees that landed on Phuket have now been moved - and a UN agency would like to know where. More
Rohingya Riddle Grows as Thailand Denies Pushback
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianTuesday, February 15, 2011
UPDATE Are they Rohingya, Bangladeshis or illegal immigrants from Myanmar? The mystery of 91 boatpeople who found themselves washed up starving in Indian territory grows deeper, despite denials. More »
Children Being Held Among Phuket, Phang Nga Boatpeople
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSaturday, February 12, 2011
Latest With concern mounting that Thailand may have restarted its reprehensible push backs of Rohingya refugees, we publish the names and ages of those being held on Phuket and in Phang Nga. More »
UNHCR Given Access to Thailand's Captive Boatpeople
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianThursday, February 10, 2011
Latest As concern mounts about whether one group of boatpeople have been pushed back in peril at sea by Thai authorities, the UN's refugee agency gains permission to access 135 others. More »
Be Honest About Missing Boatpeople, Rights Group Tells Thailand: BBC Reports 'Pushback' Claims
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianThursday, February 10, 2011
Latest With a boatload of starving men cast away on remote Indian islands, Human Rights Watch says the Thai Government should be honest about boatpeople arrivals - and departures. More »
Thailand's Rohingya Vanish: Spectre of Pushbacks Nightmare
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonTuesday, February 8, 2011
Breaking News UPDATE More than half the Rohingya boatpeople who arrived on the Andaman coast in recent weeks are unaccounted for by Immigration authorities, raising the spectre of the notorious ''pushbacks.'' More »
Phuket Boatpeople: UNHCR Renews Call for Access
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonThursday, February 3, 2011
Latest The perilous journey down the coast may be over for boatpeople fleeing persecution in Burma but being apprehended in Thailand does not mean the danger is over. More »
Children Being Held Among Phuket, Phang Nga Boatpeople
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSaturday, February 12, 2011
Latest With concern mounting that Thailand may have restarted its reprehensible push backs of Rohingya refugees, we publish the names and ages of those being held on Phuket and in Phang Nga. More »
UNHCR Given Access to Thailand's Captive Boatpeople
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianThursday, February 10, 2011
Latest As concern mounts about whether one group of boatpeople have been pushed back in peril at sea by Thai authorities, the UN's refugee agency gains permission to access 135 others. More »
Be Honest About Missing Boatpeople, Rights Group Tells Thailand: BBC Reports 'Pushback' Claims
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianThursday, February 10, 2011
Latest With a boatload of starving men cast away on remote Indian islands, Human Rights Watch says the Thai Government should be honest about boatpeople arrivals - and departures. More »
Thailand's Rohingya Vanish: Spectre of Pushbacks Nightmare
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonTuesday, February 8, 2011
Breaking News UPDATE More than half the Rohingya boatpeople who arrived on the Andaman coast in recent weeks are unaccounted for by Immigration authorities, raising the spectre of the notorious ''pushbacks.'' More »
Phuket Boatpeople: UNHCR Renews Call for Access
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonThursday, February 3, 2011
Latest The perilous journey down the coast may be over for boatpeople fleeing persecution in Burma but being apprehended in Thailand does not mean the danger is over. More »
Phuket Immigration Denies Rohinga 'Repatriation'
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonWednesday, February 2, 2011
Latest Immigration authorities on Phuket say that no decision has been made yet about the future of a boatload of Rohingya captured on the island. Reports of 'repatriation' appear premature. More »
Rip-Offs and Rohingya: No End to Phuket Surprises
By Alan MorisonTuesday, February 1, 2011
News Analysis With Rohingya and ripoffs, there's just no end to what can be encountered on a Phuket beach. The big question remains: what will Thailand's refugee policy be next? More »
More Phuket Boatpeople! About 68 Rohingya Land on Phuket in Two Groups
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonTuesday, February 1, 2011
Breaking News UPDATE About 68 Rohingya in two groups have been apprehended after the first boatpeople waded ashore on a quiet part of Phuket near a luxury five-star resort. More »
UN Calls for 'Protection' Access to Rohingya
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianWednesday, January 26, 2011
Latest The fate of two groups of Rohingya in custody and at least two more groups who may be on the water sparks a UN call for access to determine the status and assure the safety of the men. More »
Second Rohingya Boat Lands South of Phuket
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonTuesday, January 25, 2011
Boatpeople crisis A second vessel carrying stateless Rohingya brings to more than 150 the number who have landed on Thailand's Andaman coast in a new wave of arrivals. More »
Second Boat Ashore on Andaman Coast: More Refugees Sailing South
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonMonday, January 24, 2011
Latest The boatpeople ''pushbacks'' that plunged Thailand into a human rights crisis are echoing as a second vessel carrying Rohingya would be refugees lands on the Andaman coast. More »
Rohingya Boat, 91 Held on Andaman Coast: Seven More Boats May Be at Sea
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonSaturday, January 22, 2011
Breaking News A boatload of would be Rohingya refugees is apprehended on Thailand's Andaman coast, and Phuketwan believes as many as seven more boats could be sailing south. More »
Boat People Sailing with Phuket High Season
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonSaturday, November 27, 2010
Latest Rohingya boat people are expected to sail for salvation again this high season, aiming for a coastline that simultaneously appeals to both the world's richest and most deprived citizens. More »
Burmese Accuse Thai Officials of People Trafficking
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianTuesday, August 31, 2010
Latest Burmese caught working illegally in Phuket and along the Andaman coast are taken back to the border town of Ranong, where two Burmese say officials are involved in people trafficking. More »
Boatpeople off Thailand: Conflicting Accounts Grow
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, March 22, 2010
Breaking News Conflicting reports surround Thailand's treatment of 93 Rohingya boatpeople. A Royal Thai Navy spokesman says another group may already be being held in Thailand. More »
Phuket Bypass: Navy Denies 'Chasing' Boatpeople
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianSaturday, March 13, 2010
Latest Tourist sightseers and refugees needing food and water have become the unusual mix off Phuket and the Andaman coast again as the Navy politely sends boatpeople on their way. More »
Phuket Team Scoops Top Award for Reporting
By Phuketwan ReporterThursday, March 11, 2010
Latest Phuketwan has picked up a top news award as part of the team that broke the Scoop of the Year 2009. Coincidentally, the award comes amid reports of boatpeople near Phuket. More »
Phuket's Big Puzzle: Where Are The Boatpeople?
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianTuesday, March 9, 2010
UPDATE Navy activity today lends credence to reports that an unusual vessel, possibly a boatload of would be refugees, may be at sea close to the popular tourist destination of Phuket. More »
Thai 'Fear Factor' Makes Boatpeople Fly Now
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonMonday, December 14, 2009
Latest More would be refugees are now flying with false passports rather than rsik a ''pushback'' by the Thai military or endless detention, according to an NGO. More »
Phuket's New Navy Chief Wary of Boatpeople
By Chutima SidasathianTuesday, October 6, 2009
Latest The Andaman coast has a new navy area command leader, and he has a watching brief for boatpeople and pirates. Sea rescues are another prime concern. More »
'Withered' Rohingya Rescued from Ranong
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonWednesday, August 19, 2009
Latest Rohingya boatpeople have been evacuated from Ranong Immigration detention centre. A doctor says conditions there were so bad that two men died and more were endangered. More »
Rohingha Deaths in Custody: Human Rights Blow
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonTuesday, August 18, 2009
Photo Album Rohingya boatpeople are moved from Ranong after a second death in custody and failing health spotlight the official secrecy that surrounds issues of basic human rights. More »
Teenager's Death Highlights Plight of Rohingya
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonThursday, July 16, 2009
Latest Still stateless, the fate of a group of Rohingya boat people remains uncertain on the eve of human rights talks on Phuket. One has died, others seek escape. More »
Burma's Secret Exodus: The Illegal Road to Patong
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianMonday, June 22, 2009
Latest News Phuket and Patong especially rely on large numbers of Burmese workers. Now, as a registration deadline draws near, authorities are cracking down on secret voyagers. More »
Phuket Still Linked to Slavery and Trafficking
By Alan Morison and Chutima SidasathianFriday, June 12, 2009
Latest The release of a brochure on people trafficking highlights the part Phuket played in a notorious smuggling incident. Not a lot has changed since then. More »
Immigration Nabs 'Phuket-Trail People Smuggler'
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan MorisonWednesday, May 27, 2009
Photo Album Immigration officers say they have arrested a leading people trafficker as he prepared today to smuggle more than 30 Burmese laborers to Phuket. More »
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