29 May 2015 - Bangkok, Thailand: H.E. General TANASAK PATIMAPRAGORN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, answers reporters' questions during a press conference at the Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean. Thailand organized and hosted the meeting at the Anantara Siam Hotel in Bangkok. The meeting brought together representatives from the 5 countries affected by the boat people's
29 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: H.E. General TANASAK PATIMAPRAGORN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand,  answers reporters' questions during a press conference at the “Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean.” Thailand organized and hosted the meeting at the Anantara Siam Hotel in Bangkok. The meeting brought together representatives from the 5 countries impacted by the boat people exodus: Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, which have all received boat people, and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh, where they are coming from. Non-governmental organizations, like the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as well as countries responding to the crisis, like the United States, also attended the meeting. A total of 22 organizations attended the one day conference.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ