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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Southeast Asia\'92s migrant crisis\
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An estimated 25,000 Rohingya \'96 fleeing persecution in Myanmar \'96 and Bangladeshis looking for a better life abroad, boarded smugglers\'92 boats in the first three months of this year, twice as many as in the same period of 2014\
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BANGLADESH\
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Around 200,000 Rohingya live in refugee camps in squalid conditions\
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Bangladeshis fleeing poverty have also turned to trafficking networks used by Rohingya\
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MYANMAR\
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Migrants are mostly members of Rohingya \'96 Muslim ethnic group from Rakhine State\
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Buddhist-majority Myanmar denies citizenship to Rohingyas, who are subjected to forced labour, land\
confiscation and limited access to public services \
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THAILAND\
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Recent discovery of mass graves at suspected smuggling camps in south has prompted clampdown on human trafficking by military junta\
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Crackdown has sent traffickers into hiding, making it impossible for migrants to disembark\
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MALAYSIA\
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Wealthy country short of unskilled labourers, attracts migrants\
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Government says it has already taken in 120,000 illegal migrants from Myanmar\
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Around 2,500 migrants landed in Malaysia and Indonesia over past week \'96 some 5,000 others still stranded at sea\
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Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand have all turned or towed migrant boats away from their shores in recent days\
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Dhaka\
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Cox\'92s Bazar \
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Rakhine State\
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Naypyitaw\
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Sittwe\
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Bay of Bengal\
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Andaman Sea\
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Bangkok\
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INDONESIA\
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\cf0 Kuala Lumpur\
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\cf0 Traditional trafficking route: Migrants held to ransom in Thailand \'96 taken overland to Malaysia\
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\cf0 Boats landing in Malaysia and Indonesia following crackdown on people trafficking in Thailand\
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\cf0 200km 125 miles\
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Picture: Getty Images\
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Sources: IOM, Wire agencies}