Asia’s boat people: Nowhere is home
An exodus of thousands of Rohingya tests relations in Southeast Asia Financial Times By Michael Peel Ziaur Rahman has history in four countries but a secure home in none. The 23-year-old from the Rohingya ethnic group grew up in Bangladesh after his family fled Myanmar, only to be kidnapped by people traffickers last year and shipped to Thailand. He was freed in an anti-people smuggling operation in October and sent to a shelter, but ran away fearing for his safety. He was re-arrested, sold to another broker and ended up in Malaysia, where he now works as a cook — and worries about both his sick mother in Bangladesh, and his people. Podcast.......... The plight of Asia’s Rohingya Muslims The suffering of Asia’s Rohingya Muslims has been revealed in gruesome detail in recent weeks, with haunting images of desperate people stranded on the Indian Ocean. Fiona Symon talks to Michael Peel, FT correspondent in Bangkok, about the crisis. “I have an ambition to help ...