"JAKARTA, May 12 (Agencies): Indonesia has turned away a boat carrying hundreds of migrants believed to be from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
However, Indonesia's navy provided food, water and medical supplies to around 500 passengers late Monday, before sending the boat across the Malacca Strait towards Malaysia, a military spokesman said."
But it's not straight forward, and it is unlikely to solve the problem of people smugglers.
"Nearly 2,000 boat people from Burma and Bangladesh have been rescued or swum to shore in Malaysia and Indonesia, authorities have said, warning that still more desperate migrants could be in peril at sea.
The spate of arrivals came after Thailand, their usual destination, cracked down following the discovery of mass graves that has laid bare the extent of a thriving human-smuggling ring in south-east Asia".
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