Myanmar acknowledges international "concerns" about waves of boatpeople, many of whom are fleeing from persecution, but denied it is solely to blame as thousands languish in dire straits at sea.

Police arrest an alleged human trafficker from his residence in Char Fashion upazila of Bhola.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Thai government to offer proper treatment to boat people, saying they deserved "human dignity and basic rights."

Migrants rescued from a sinking boat off Indonesia have told the BBC that about 100 people died after a fight broke out over the last remaining food.

Malaysia says its foreign minister would meet his Indonesian and Thai counterparts to discuss the influx of boatpeople to Southeast Asia as international pressure grew for a regional solution.

Thein Sein aide says country not likely to attend meeting on boat people;Prayu says this is neighbours' right

The US stress on regional solution to the issue of drifting sea migrants and urge countries to accommodate the people at their vicinity.

Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are rescued off Indonesia on Friday, police say, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned Southeast Asian summit.

They are not thieves, robbers or pirates but desperate jobseekers ready to give service in exchange for something to live on.

Rapid Action Battalion detains three suspected human traffickers and rescues seven victims in a drive launched in Fakirapol area of Dhaka this evening.

Out of 13,321 immigrants in 12 detention camps, 1, 466 are from Bangladesh, reports the Star’s Bahasa Malaysia portal MStar.

Thai police arrest two foreigners in connection to the human smuggling syndicate. The value of assets frozen or seized from those suspected of trafficking Rohingya and other migrants hits Bt204 million so far

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia should end pushbacks of boats with Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants, Human Rights Watch says.

Thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims abandoned at sea had nowhere to turn Thursday as Malaysia turned away two boats crammed with more than 800 migrants.

Thailand and Malaysian police have agreed to step up joint efforts against human trafficking and other crimes affecting the security of both countries.

The United States has voiced fear for the lives of the migrants abandoned by traffickers at land and sea, calling on Southeast Asian nations to co-operate to address the crisis.

Thousands of Bangladeshis and members of Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority have no place to go after both Malaysia and Indonesia refused to offer refuge to the boatloads of hungry men, women and children.

Malaysia will soon hold a discussion with Bangladesh and Myanmar to find solutions to the influx of illegal immigrants from the two countries following the recent arrest of more than 1,000 of them in Langkawi

A group of 350 migrants from Myanmar tells an activist by phone that they are abandoned by their crew and need help.

The Bangladeshis rescued off the Indonesian coast yesterday are taken in for questioning by Malaysian authorities, local authorities say.