This handout photo provided by the Myanmar Information Ministry shows a Myanmar police officer giving a water bottle to would-be migrants on a fishing boat off the western coast of Rakhine on May 22, 2015. - AFP
YANGON: A group of migrants recently rescued by Myanmar will be deported to Bangladesh, officials confirmed Saturday, as the United Nations chief called on regional nations to prioritise saving the lives of those still stranded at sea.
Southeast Asia is currently battling an exodus of boat people fleeing persecution and poverty, with up to 2,000 vulnerable migrants thought to be stranded in the Bay of Bengal, many at the mercy of ruthless people smugglers.
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