seeking passage.
Forced to venture byboat totrafficking camps on remoteThai islands, the Roh with violence, lack of food and water (often forced to drink their own urine), an fallen victim to disease are thrown overboard if dead or close to dying. In Thail held in internmentcamps until they can either pay thousands to human traffic released or be sold as slaves to the highestbidder. Often Rohingya must resor funds from their personal networks, and if successful, they are pushedbackou who are unable to pay becomeslaves: womenandyoung girls are forced into lifelong indentured servitude,andmensold to Thai fishermen.
Recently, mass graves, mostly Rohingya, have beenuncoveredinThailand.No countries (specifically Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia) are refusing to allow to seek assylum. Theyinstruct their respective military to take them back to se abandoning the vulnerable Rohingya. Itis suspected that thousands have died deadly voyage to escape the ethnic cleansing they face in Burma.
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