DHAKA: The United Nations (UN) urged all the countries that are ‘implicated’ to sit around the table and come up with a solution regarding ongoing human trafficking.

“The issue of migration that we've been seeing in that part of the world is one that demands a regional solution,” said Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General at a regular briefing at the UN headquarters on Thursday. 

“I think all the countries that are implicated, whether they're origin countries, transit countries or destination countries, need to sit around the table and come up with a solution,” he said.

In the press briefing, Stéphane Dujarric said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon met with the European Commissioner for Migration in Brussels and they discussed the plight of migrants risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean and how to address this problem in a comprehensive manner.

The 139 graves uncovered in people smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, said a questioner and wanted to know whether Bangladesh is invited at the meeting being held in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday.

Some 17 members of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) met on this issue with the support of the United Nations on Friday.

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