Mass Graves of Suspected Rohingya Migrants Found in Thailand
Around 30 graves belonging to Myanmar and Bangladeshi migrants have been recovered in southern Thailand. The area is frequented by human traffickers who run camps for migrants.
Thai police on Friday found at least 30 graves containing the bodies of possible Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims, who have been fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state since 2012, are brought by smugglers and arrive in Thailand every year (pictured above).
“There are at least 30 graves that have been place marked. We exhumed four bodies today and will continue to exhume bodies,” Police Colonel Anuchon Chamat told the Reuters news agency by telephone.
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