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The plight of the Rohingya people has worsened after Burma, Bangladesh and Thailand confirmed their status as illegal immigrants and refused them sanctuary. Aye Aye Mu, Burmese charge d'affaires to Thailand, said in Ranong province yesterday Burma did not recognise Rohingya people as citizens and allowed them to stay on its soil only for humanitarian reasons. She said the Rohingya were illegal immigrants who were brought to Burma during the colonial era. Since the independence of Burma, it had been difficult for them to live there because of their different language and culture

The plight of the Rohingya people has worsened after Burma, Bangladesh and Thailand confirmed their status as illegal immigrants and refused them sanctuary. Aye Aye Mu, Burmese charge d'affaires to Thailand, said in Ranong province yesterday Burma did not recognise Rohingya people as citizens and allowed them to stay on its soil only for humanitarian reasons. She said the Rohingya were illegal immigrants who were brought to Burma during the colonial era. Since the independence of Burma, it had been difficult for them to live there because of their different language and culture

The plight of the Rohingya people has worsened after Burma, Bangladesh and Thailand confirmed their status as illegal immigrants and refused them sanctuary. Aye Aye Mu, Burmese charge d'affaires to Thailand, said in Ranong province yesterday Burma did not recognise Rohingya people as citizens and allowed them to stay on its soil only for humanitarian reasons. She said the Rohingya were illegal immigrants who were brought to Burma during the colonial era. Since the independence of Burma, it had been difficult for them to live there because of their different language and culture

The plight of the Rohingya people has worsened after Burma, Bangladesh and Thailand confirmed their status as illegal immigrants and refused them sanctuary. Aye Aye Mu, Burmese charge d'affaires to Thailand, said in Ranong province yesterday Burma did not recognise Rohingya people as citizens and allowed them to stay on its soil only for humanitarian reasons. She said the Rohingya were illegal immigrants who were brought to Burma during the colonial era. Since the independence of Burma, it had been difficult for them to live there because of their different language and culture

President Barack Obama intends to nominate a Thai-born US Army helicopter pilot who lost both her legs in a grenade attack in Iraq as an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the White House says. US President Barack Obama walks with Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth in Chicago before he took office. Ms Duckworth, who has a Thai mother, has been nominated by Mr Obama as an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs.