Author: Embassy of Myanmar

Myanmar’s Stand on Boat People Recently, there have been reports by international media on irregular migrants and boat people in the Andaman Sea and the Straits of Malacca. Myanmar also shares concerns expressed by the international community, and is closely following the news. Myanmar is deeply concerned with the sufferings and life-threatening fate of victims as the consequences of human

Myanmar handed over verified Bangladeshi nationals among those rescued by Myanmar Navy On 8 June 2015, Myanmar officially handed over 150 persons who are verified as Bangladeshi nationals among the 208 boat people rescued by the Myanmar Navy on 21 May 2015. A seven-member Bangladeshi delegation led by Commanding Officer of No. P 7 Border Guard Battalion of Cox’s Bazar

Press Release Myanmar is making serious efforts to prevent human smuggling and illegal migration while Myanmar Navy and Air Force are regularly patrolling its territorial water. On 21 May 2015, during patrolling, Myanmar Navy found a boat with 208 people and rescued them on humanitarian ground. They are given temporally shelters at Taung Pya (Let Wai), Rakhine State. In order

Press Release The issue of boat people in the Andaman Sea and the Straits of Malacca was escalated in Southeast Asia in mid May 2015, which affected Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. At the time of the incidents, on 26 May 2015, the Oslo Conference to End Myanmar’s Persecution of Rohingyas” was held in Oslo, Norway. At the conference,

A resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar tabled by European Union was adopted today at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The resolution does not adequately and objectively reflect and apprise of the efforts and achievements in promoting and protecting of human rights of the people of Myanmar. In addition to this