Bangkok: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the government to offer proper treatment to boat people, saying they deserved “human dignity and basic rights”, while also supporting Thailand’s move to hold an international forum late this month to try to resolve the crisis.
UN chief Ban made a phone call to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday morning to voice concerns over the plight of Rohingya from Myanmar and migrants from Bangladesh, Deputy Army spokesman Wirachon Sukhonthap-atiphak said.
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