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AP: Rights Group: Thai Navy Abandoned Migrants at sea

The Thai navy has been accused of tying up four illegal immigrants and throwing them into the ocean before abandoning hundreds of others on a barge in open water, where some 300 drowned. The United Nations refugee agency called for Thailand to explain what happened to the group of migrant workers from Myanmar and Bangladesh, at least 100 of whom were rescued in Indian waters in late December.

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