BANGKOK: Human rights groups called on South-East Asian leaders to rethink their approach to the Rohingya refugee crisis ahead of a regional summit in Bangkok this week.
Myanmar regards Rohingya Muslims as illegal migrants from the Indian subcontinent, and has confined tens of thousands to camps in its western Rakhine State since violence swept the area in 2012.
The Rohingya issue, especially their repatriation from Bangladesh, is expected to be a major topic during four days of meetings among leaders of the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations in Thailand from today. “Asean needs to stop turning a blind eye to Myanmar’s atrocities against the Rohingya, and cease lending legitimacy to the repatriation process,” Eva Sundari, an Indonesian lawmaker and a board member of the Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights, said in a statement.
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