Tanasak demands global help

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ROHINGYA

Published: 19 Jan 2013 at 00.00
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Supreme Commander Tanasak Patimapragorn on Friday lashed out at the international community for not doing enough to reach out to Rohingya migrants.

He said while international organisations stressed the need to help the Rohingya, they did not provide enough direct assistance and Thailand was forced to shoulder the burden of looking after them.

Several hundred Rohingya have been detained in Songkhla, Narathiwat, Trang, Pattani and Phangnga provinces attempting to pass through into Malaysia.

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twodogs
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Discussion 21 : 20 Jan 2013 at 10.5621
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I think in 1951 there was no Muslim terrorists all over the world....Things change. There is more to this than we all know. There is a reason countries do not want Rohingyas. There lies the answer.
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Discussion 20 : 20 Jan 2013 at 03.3420
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First of all, why don't the muslim countries want these muslim Rohingyas?

If being what they are causes others to shun them, maybe they should think about being something else....

I can understand the concern that Rohingyas may become part of Muslim terrorism or spread a lifestyle that is not acceptable to other non-muslim nations. So send them back to Burma and let Burma send them back to where ever they came from.....
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Discussion 19 : 19 Jan 2013 at 20.4219
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I fail to see why other countries should bail Thailand out with this situation when it is seems to be caused by the Thai government intransigence.
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Discussion 18 : 19 Jan 2013 at 19.4718
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Let's stand in the shoes of the Rohingyas themselves. They are ethno-linguistically related to the Indo-Aryan peoples of Bangladesh. They will be happy there.

Can the OIC facilitate the movement of the Rohingyas to Bangladesh? I am sure the super wealthy oil nations in the OIC can come up with the funds to help Bangladesh foot the bills.

Win-Win situation for everyone. And no need to blame Thailand for anything.
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Discussion 17 : 19 Jan 2013 at 19.2117
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- Why don't good people on here consider adopting fews Rohingyas? Or 10,000 Rohingyas per countries of the world? Thailand has enough experience that refugee camps generally ended up more than ten years.
- Thailand need to think about security because some Rohingyas were aressted following the violence in three southern provinces of Thailand.
- Malaysia say No, Indonesia say No, Bangladesh say No, Myanmar say No, and I bet most of Rohingyas want green cards. C'mon America, they help you increase population because birth control is opposed.
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Discussion 16 : 19 Jan 2013 at 19.0316
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So eager to accept aid....so reluctant to provide any.
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Discussion 15 : 19 Jan 2013 at 18.4415
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The Supreme Commander is crying out for direct assistance, and I'm sure that he really means 'financial assistance'. To me it sounds like the same farmers crying poor, Red Shirt demonstrators screaming for compensation, etc. Deal with it guy's, as it's in your territory and if another country wanted to do something about it, you would scream that they are interfearing in your Nationalistic affairs. I seem to remember reading about Australia taking in 1,000's of refugee's from Afganistan, who crossed the Indian Ocean in rickety boats and many had to be rescued by the Aust Navy. How much has Thailand sonated to the Aussies?
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Discussion 14 : 19 Jan 2013 at 15.4014
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Very simple. Return them where they came from and Thailand is neutral. No more argument.
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Discussion 13 : 19 Jan 2013 at 14.5913
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Hello Thailand. Here's a tip if you really want to work on your international reputation as a civilized nation: Read the 1951 refugee convention, understand it, sign it, implement it.
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Discussion 12 : 19 Jan 2013 at 14.0912
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The international comunity are perhaps fed up of sending aid that will end up in the wrong pockets its wideley known outside Thailand that a large portion of the 2004 aid that was donated by working people was unacounted for so what will Thailand do if none is sentthis time tow them out to sea as before.
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