WASHINGTON The discovery of scores of graves in people-smuggling camps in Malaysia is casting a shadow over President Barack Obama’s signature trade deal as U.S. lawmakers consider punishing trading partners that are soft on human trafficking. Just as Obam... More »
YANGON Myanmar’s navy is escorting a boat crammed with 727 abandoned migrants to the waters of neighboring Bangladesh, four days after intercepting it in the Andaman Sea, the country’s information minister said on Tuesday. The migrants, who were found drifting... More »
BANGKOK/JAKARTA Nearly 800 “boat people” were brought ashore in Indonesia on Friday but other vessels crammed with migrants were sent back to sea despite a U.N. call to quickly rescue thousands set adrift in Southeast Asian waters. Smugglers have abandoned shi... More »
