Traffickers reportedly charge between $1,200 and $1,800 -- a fortune for impoverished migrants -- to get one of them across borders.
In her first comments since the beginning of the Southeast Asia migrant crisis, Sheikh Hasina says migrants are as guilty as the traffickers.
As many as 30 mass graves contain the remains of hundreds of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to Asian media outlets.
Dozens of students were detained Friday for opposing the 2014 coup that overthrew the government of Yingluck Shinawatra.
Indonesia says only about 30-40 percent of the thousands of people stranded at sea are believed to be Rohingya Muslims.
The company just released the first all-new version of its popular Hilux truck in a decade, which will appeal to sheep herders and guerrillas alike.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged the migrants to enter the island nation through the “front door.”
Indonesia and Malaysia have both agreed to provide shelter to migrants who have been stranded at sea for months.
Yingluck Shinawatra is accused of criminal negligence for her role in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme for rural farmers.
China is now Vietnam’s largest source of vehicle imports as demand for heavy trucks rises.
Fishermen in Aceh province reportedly rescued 900 people in three boats last week, while several still remain stranded at sea in sinking boats.
Hundreds of migrants on boats have been turned back by Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, prompting international censure.
Leaders are scrambling for a solution to the humanitarian crisis that has left thousands of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh stranded at sea.
Thousands of people are adrift in the Andaman Sea after smugglers abandoned their vessels following a Thai crackdown on human trafficking.
Officials suspect the blasts to be the work of insurgents, who reportedly used remotes to detonate the bombs.
Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants are increasingly finding themselves isolated after being abandoned in boats by human traffickers.
In two days, Malaysian authorities have turned away as many migrant boats carrying over 800 asylum seekers.
At least 50 of the migrants believed to be from Bangladesh and Myanmar were taken to hospital for medical attention.
The discovery was made about 2.5 miles from the site where 26 bodies were found a few days ago.
"India may be the last big white sheet of paper in the automotive industry."
Along with aircraft and other equipment, as many as 500 American troops are expected on the ground in Nepal in coming days.
Twenty-six bodies exhumed at a mass grave near a suspected human trafficking camp in southern Thailand do not bear signs of violent death, police said on Sunday.