NOWHERE TO GO  Migrants who were rescued at sea on a boat are pictured at the Taung Pyo temporary refugee camp, located near the Bangladesh border, in the Myanmar state of Rakhine on June 7, 2015. Since Southeast Asia’s migrant crisis erupted more than a month ago, 4,500 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have been washed ashore, and the UN estimates that around 2,000 others are still trapped at sea. AFP PHOTO
NOWHERE TO GO
Migrants who were rescued at sea on a boat are pictured at the Taung Pyo temporary refugee camp, located near the Bangladesh border, in the Myanmar state of Rakhine on June 7, 2015. Since Southeast Asia’s migrant crisis erupted more than a month ago, 4,500 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have been washed ashore, and the UN estimates that around 2,000 others are still trapped at sea. AFP PHOTO

YANGON: Myanmar police have arrested more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year, media reported Monday, but no cases have been uncovered in Rakhine state where persecuted Rohingya have fled in droves.

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