BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar agrees with a wide-ranging plan to deal with the root causes of Southeast Asia's migrant crisis, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said on Friday at the conclusion of an international meeting on migration.
A statement at the end of the meeting in Bangkok included a paragraph that called for addressing factors in the areas of origin of migrants, including "promoting full respect for human rights" as well as investing in economic development.
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