A handout photo provided by the Myanmar Information Ministry shows Myanmar police officers on a fishing boat with migrants at western coast, Rakhine, Myanmar, 22 May 2015. EPA
Jakarta sparked international outrage by turning away vessels filled with desperate migrants, among thousands stranded at sea since a Thai crackdown on human-trafficking in early May threw the illicit trade into chaos.
Along with neighbouring Malaysia, the government changed approach Wednesday with an announcement that they would take in boat people provided they could be resettled or repatriated within a year.
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