DHAKA: Thailand has 600 new "boat people" in temporary holding areas, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn said on Friday.

There were still more migrants out at sea, Tanasak said, talking to reporters at a press conference during a regional meeting on Southeast Asia’s migrant crisis, reports NDTV quoting an international news agency.

He did not say when the 600 new migrants arrived or where in Thailand they were being held.

BDST: 1405 HRS, MAY 29, 2015
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