Myanmar has rejected exclusive responsibility for the Rohingya crisis, at an international meeting in Bangkok.
Indonesia and Malaysia in recent weeks have also been at a loss over how to handle more than 3,000 arrivals of Rohingya Muslims, among the world’s most persecuted minorities.
Myanmar representative Htein Lynn was categorical: “On the issue of boat people migrating, you cannot single out my country. Some issues fall within domestic jurisdiction.”
More than a dozen countries touched by the crisis, directly or indirectly, were represented in the Thai capital, the United States as well.
The US Assistant Secretary of State, Anne Richard, explained that a US navy plane is keeping a lookout for vessels with migrants:
“We do have cooperation with Malaysia, so the plane is up in the air. It is surveying the area, and I think that this is a very good thing, and we’re hopeful we can expand that a bit.”
With a recent crackdown by Thailand, traffickers have abandoned many migr
