Malaysian authorities find 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges Southeast Asian nations to deal with the causes of humanitarian crisis forcing Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to flee by sea.

Indonesia has told Australia that most of migrants stranded at sea are illegal labourers from Bangladesh, not oppressed Muslim Rohingya, Australian minister says.

Northern states in Malaysia, including Penang, are identified as possible locations for temporary settlement of Rohingya migrants.

As the trade in human beings becomes more and more profitable, the BBC's Jonathan Head discovers that entire communities in Thailand are helping the traffickers.

Myanmar has rescued two migrant boats holding more than 200 people in its waters near the border with Bangladesh.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out helping resettle the wave of migrants fleeing to Southeast Asia, saying it would worsen the problem and "encourage people to get on boats".

The Malaysian Indian Muslim Restaurant Owners Association (Presma) offers to hire the Rohingya and Bangladeshi boat migrants who are temporarily allowed to land in Malaysia.

Since 2012, thousands of Rohingyas died in Arakan, and more than 150,000 people have been herded in the so-called Internally Displaced People Camps.

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offers to help Malaysia handle a migrant crisis that has left thousands stranded at sea.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will repatriate the Bangladeshis rescued from boats in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM and SRSG calls upon leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to protect the trafficking victims now stranded at sea.

Thousands of people--mostly Rohingyas and Bangladeshis are sailing in boats and trying to reach the shores of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

The UN chief and his deputy speak separately to leaders in Southeast Asia reiterating the need to protect lives and uphold the obligation of rescue of the stranded migrants at sea.

Malaysia says its foreign minister would meet his Indonesian and Thai counterparts to discuss the influx of boatpeople to Southeast Asia as international pressure grew for a regional solution.

Myanmar's government says it is not responsible for the migrant boat crisis in south-east Asia and may not attend an emergency summit on the issue.

Thai police arrest two foreigners in connection to the human smuggling syndicate. The value of assets frozen or seized from those suspected of trafficking Rohingya and other migrants hits Bt204 million so far

About 400 illegal migrants including Bangladesh nationals and Rohingya from Myanmar have been transported from Langkawi to Belantik Immigration Detention Depot, while 500 more are expected to be sent to the depot.

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, come under pressure from international community to provide humane treatment to thousands of Bangladeshi,Rohingya migrants.

Thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims abandoned at sea had nowhere to turn Thursday as Malaysia turned away two boats crammed with more than 800 migrants.