Boat people talks: Dicky Komar (center), director of human rights and humanitarian affairs at Indonesia's Foreign Ministry, listens at the "Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean", which focuses on the Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrant crisis, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday
span class="caption">Boat people talks: Dicky Komar (center), director of human rights and humanitarian affairs at Indonesia's Foreign Ministry, listens at the "Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean", which focuses on the Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrant crisis, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday. In the past month, more than 3,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar and impoverished Bangladeshis hoping to find jobs have landed on the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, drawing international attention to the crisis in Southeast Asia. (AP/Charles Dharapak)
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