this update from bangkok. >> in a dramatic operation conducted by the royal thai navy they dropped foodcels and fuel to help a boat full of 300 or so migrants from bangladesh and western myanmar identified on a boat drifting towards thai waters. it looked like humanitarian assistance in the sense that the food was being dropped off at the same time, the royal thai navy denied the boat the ability to land on it. hai territory and hauled them back out to international waters. this is a short-term solution. what the thai authorities want to do is show it is serious about cracking down on human trafficking because it wants to improve its record. it's been categorized in the bottom most tier when it comes to the trafficking in persons report that the is issued by the united states every year. what's happening to the actual people involved is that they are stuck out at sea, being pushed away not just by thailand but by malaysia and indonesia. a few people do manage to get past and land as we have heard in the proof ince here in thailand. today, about 100 people were able to land but they have

thai navy spent the night fixing the boat engine and let everybody go.here may be as many as 8,000 migrants in these seas but with everyone denying them permission to land they are just going incorporate slowly. this mornings what we've heard is the families of three of the people on the boat have taken it upon themselves to write from their camp in bangladesh about three of the people on board. their families have written to the thai government and they've asked the thai government to take steps to rescue their family members their loved ones because otherwise they warn they will die at sea. and this echoes the words from various international aid organizations, indeed one official one spokesman from the international organization of migration has said this is what we risk. having boat loads of dead people. >> veronica thank you once again. let's speak now to charles santiago, who is an opposition politician in malaysia. charles, thank you very much for joining us here at al jazeera. malaysia is one of the countries turning migrant boats away, what do y

navy. those on board say at least a hundred people died while fighting for food and water. >> reporter: this is not a rescue. the thaiavy found this boat off of the coast. it is filled with around 380 men, women, and children from western myanmar and bangladesh. the people on board say the traffickers and the captain escapes and that they ran out of rice and water about ten days ago. they say 12 people died during the trip. >> translator: the people are starving and suffering from diarrhea. we don't have food or clean water. nothing to keep us alive. two more people over there are dieing from starvation. yesterday one man jumped off of the boat and drowned because he went crazy. at least ten people have jumped ship. one died while some of the others made it to nearby fishing boats. >> translator: i don't have anything left and they killed my mother and relatives. the people in the village said they were going to malaysia so i made the decision to follow them. >> reporter: a few fishing boats pulled alongside the boat to provide water and a sack of rice. the navy was also trying to trace a phone signal coming from a p

it was a thai fisherman to reported the boat to the thai navy.he navy was trying to trace a phone signal from a passenger to a migration monitor. >> it's absolutely not enough. what should be done is thinking first and foremost about saving lives. don't think yet about what you are going to do with the people. save the lives first give medical care, proper treatment and then you can take the next step. >> many onboard wanted to go to malaysia where their family members are. the thai navy spent the night fixing the boat engine, then left everyone go. there may be as many as 8,000 migrants in these seas, but with every government in the region denying permission to land, they are just going nowhere slowly. al jazeera bangkok. >> let's hear from indonesia speaking with migrants rescued by fisherman. >> these peeping have been at sea three months and totally exhausted and many are very, very ill like this man. many are injured because a big riot has happened at sea on the boat after they were rejected by the crimean navy at first and then the malaysi

the thai navy was also trying to trace a phone signal coming from a passenger to a migration monitoring. >> really what should be done is thinking first and foremost about how lives can be saiched. don't thinksaved. give them medical care, proper treatment and then you can take the next step. >> many on the boat said they wanted to go to malaysia where their relatives were. the navy spent the night fixing the engine then let everybody go. there may be as many as 8,000 mieg rabtsmigrants in these seas but denying them permission to land, they are going nowhere slowly, philanthropic pedveronica pedrosa, al jazeera. >> and here is step vaessen. >> many were in the water for hours. they got into trouble after fighting broke out on board between rohingya asigh legal seekers and migrants from bangladesh. they got into a fight with knives and hammers. 12 ever this person's relatives were killed. >> they said you are rohingya. we are bengali we are going to kill you. >> people on board said the indonesian navy pulled their boat and sent them on their way to malaysia. there they received the sam

like humanitarian assistance in the sense the food was dropped off, but at the same time the royal thai navy denied them the ability to land on they're tear to her and pulled them out to international waters. this is a short-term solution. the thai authorities want to show they're serious about cracking down on human trafficking, because it wanting to improve its record. it's being categoried in the bottom-most tier when it comes to the report issued by the united states every year. what's happening is the actual people involved is they are stuck out at sea being pushed away not just by thailand but by malaysia and indonesia. a few people do manage to get past and land as we've heard in this province today in thailand. about 100 people were able to land, but they have no citizenship. they have stateless and put in detention camps, once again, unable to live safe and free. >>> indonesian fishermen rescued around 800 migrants from a boat. at least 100 died on the boat. we're in indonesia's aceh province. >> reporter: they have been at sea for three months and are totally exhausted. many are al

the thai navy has been dropping food parcel to his them but the government is refusing to allow themshore, migrants say they were a abandoned by people traffickers who arranged their journey to thailand. veronica joins us from now the thai capital. what will happen to these people now? >> reporter: well, from what we gather is about nine hours ago they were released, as it were, pushed away by the thai navy. off the coast. i have pictures that we can show you now of that actually happening. as you mentioned, they were provided with food and fuel. they were desperate. they said 10 people had died on the boat that their bodies were simply thrown overboard. it's not clear where they are to go because the indonesian navy say they will push any boats they find away as has the malaysian navy. however, in the last few minutes, we have also learned that a couple of smaller boats carrying 60 to 80 people have arrived in the area in southern thailand and that they are being take then and processed to find out which come from myanmar which come from bangladesh. and the issue you as has will bee

beriberi and diarrhea, they tend on people that we saw approaching the thai waters that the royal thai navy helped by drpingdropping food packets, they said that 10 people died on that boat alone. 100 people died on another goat, boat, no one knows how many boats are out there. we will end up with boat loads of dead people if people don't somehow help. >> the united states has been in touch with the thai government to ask them to do more. do you have more on that? >> well, irrespective of whether the u.s. secretary of state had caulked the thai government here, the united states is looking at this in very serious areas, the critical element of moving people around has meant that there is nowhere for the people to land. the thai prime minister called for an urgent meeting on the 29th of may. it is not clear whether myanmar the source of where many of the refugees are coming from they say they may not come to that meeting. the prime minister has also ordered the assessment of a couple of islands for building of temporary camps for people. but there are already 120,000 rohingya refugees in the

migrants say several people died and that they ran out of rice and water nearly 10 days ago, the thai navy been dropping food parcels to them but the government won't allow them to go ashore. veronica pedroza join us with the latest. we know there are women and children on the boats how can they turn them away? they are in desperate need of food and water. >> reporter: they are doing it in the name of cracking down on human trafficking which is a big problem to thailand, particularly because it's in the bottom tier when it comes to the trafficking in persons report. which is very important and issued by the united states. i think in the next mo or so they want to show they are doing something about human trafficking. but it is, in turn, as you say causing a humanitarian crisis right across the region. we have these dramatic looking pictures of helicopters dropping food parcels to the people on the boat can swim out and get and food. get some fuel. but the fact is, that they are not being allowed to land anywhere. the people on this boat spoke of immense depravation. they speak of not being

the thai navy said itting spent the night fixing the boat engine and then let everyone go. may be as many as 8,000 migrants in these seas but with every government in the region denying them permission to land they are just going nowhere slowly. >> let's hear now from indonesia, steph vassen is there. >> reporter: these people have been at sea for three months and they are totally exhausted, and many are very very ill. you can see many are also injured because a big riot had happened at sea on the boat after they were rejected by the indonesian navy and then by the malaysian navy. fighting broke out between the bangladeshi migrants and the row heen gansz. both groups are telling me more than 100 people have been killed during the fight. that's what they are telling me right now. and they also say more boats are still in indonesian waters right now. the fishermen who finally managed to rescue them are being questioned by police because the indonesian navy said we're not going to accept any of these boats, and the fishermen defied the orders. so the indonesian authorities are

thai navy helicopters dropped food to the people on board before escorting it back out to international waters. this family is among the lucky ones. her husband was able to find 3000 euros to pay the ransom for his family. thousands of others can still only dream of a new life in malaysia. brian: two are back now where shia militia fighters are on their way to the iraqi city of ramadi to recapture that city which fell to islamic extremists last week. peter: at least 500 were killed in the fighting. a video posted online is believed to show forces fleeing ramadi, the capital of iraq for largest province, and bar. they seized vehicles left behind. it is the most serious if he for the u.s.-backed government since last summer. brian: what type of threat is the capital of baghdad facing? for more, we are joined by our correspondent. first off -- shia bract militia from iran close to the muddy. what are the chances they can retake the city with i.s. digging in? reporter: they are not in place until now. they are still marching towards ramadi. in the meantime, i.s. has gained more territory th

f the thai navy dropped some food packets but this doesn't meet the standards of saving lives.re are women and children on board, and they have no where to turn. >> thank you for that veronica. let's go to london now and speak to peter sutherland. the united nations special representative of the secretary general for international migration. good to have you on the show. i am just wondering what your thoughts are. i know you want to fiber optics on what's happening in europe. what are your thoughts as far as what's happening in and around thailand and aceh prove incident? >> well, of course the two situations are very comparable. the situation in the mediterranean, which is a dire humanitarian crisis, is reflected in a very similar way by the events which you have been describing in your news today in asia. the situation as far as the united nations is concerned is absolutely clear. first of all, the overwhelming obligation in both areas is to save lives and to act in accordance with the humanitarian principles which we all profess to hold as members of the united nations t and

particular boat that has been the focus of media attention and national attention is one the royal thai navynd. you remember the pictures of thai helicopters dropping food pacts to the 380 people on board. as food was delivered the people spoke of the immense deprivation that they had suffered. they had run out of food and water ten days previously. they spoke about how one person maddened by grief had thrown themselves overboard and that two other people were dying of starvation. we have now heard that on board there are three particular men whose families are in refugee camps in bangladesh and they've taken it upon themselves to write to the thai government and plead for the thai government to rescue them and save lives. this is a situation though, that is spread right across this crisis. indeed one official from the international organization of migration has said, if something isn't done, urgently, we will have boats full of dead people. >> still to come here on the program. we are in southeast mexico to find out the truth behind the killing of 22 people who surrendered to police. americ

the thai navy toed a boat filled with refugees away from the coast, at their own request. the boat is in malaysian waters. florence louie will be with us shortly. first rob mcbride, in the malaysian capital. bring us up to date with the latest boat that thai authorities said they want it to go to malaysia. >> the malaysians are tight lipped about the boat. there's speculation that the vessel may not be in malaysian waters may be headed for or already in indonesian waters possibly guided there with the help of the hall asian navy. part of the theory being that the people on board the vessel know that they will not be allowed to land in malaysia. that is the latest speck u laughings. part of the problem in gaining accurate information, about the fate of the vessels is the authorities on the malaysian side of the border, keeping strict control over the developing situation. it's a hugely sensitive issue, putting in place a controversial policy of pushing vessels back. it will intervene and take people assure if the vessel is sinking or in danger of capsizing. there are hundre

now the tight navy has started an operation to provide humanitarian assistance at sea -- the thai navy has started an operation to provide humanitarian assistance at the. if they accidentally come into thai territory or their engine is broken, he says they will exit give them food and water supplies and provide medical teams to take care of the injured while they are at sea. meanwhile, the grim task continues. more than 3500 migrants have arrived on thai malaysian, and indonesian soil in recent weeks, and the flow shows no sign of ending. >> the euro has had a one-month low against the dollar as concerns grow over the greek debt crisis. >> the country has a few weeks to be to deal with creditors or face default. >> the clock is ticking, as it has been or sometime, and so far, there's no sign of compromise. >> the greek government has managed to scrape together enough government -- enough money to make its payments, so far, but comments by cabinet members suggest athens is finally out of money. >> i want to be very honest -- we're supposed to make full payments to the imf between june 5

then, the thai navy came to help. as of thursday, malaysian authorities are actively searching for migrants stranded at sea. indonesia has also agreed to provide temporary shelter to migrants who land on the country's shores, but several thousand people are still believed to be at sea. many are rohingya muslims fleeing persecution in myanmar. kyle and recently led a crack down on people smuggling. at first indonesia and malaysia were reluctant to let the migrants short. thailand is set to host a regional conference on the crisis next week. myanmar has agreed to attend, but neither thailand nor malaysia nor indonesia is willing to permanently resettle the asylum-seekers. the countries are not notorious to the united nations refugee convention, which means little security for these people who have come a long way toward a better life. >> europe is grappling with its own refugee crisis. the international organization for migration estimates around 1000 800 refugees have died or disappeared while trying to get to europe t

the thai navy is offering to happen to find other lost boats, but will they let them stay.n the past, they have simply push them back out to sea. a hard-line approach shared by neighboring countries. we still have no idea what will become of these people. we threw them everything we had. after so long at sea, they need a lot more. they need proper shelter medical care, and somewhere to call home. jonathan head, bbc news, southern thailand. anchor: drifting at sea for weeks, desperate scenes. a british navy ship has arrived in sicily after rescuing some 600 african migrants. they were picked up trying to sail from libya to europe. james reynolds was on shore for their arrival. james: the ship carried its cargo of rescued migrants a low deck into the sicilian ports. these people are making their way to shore. they have been saved because britain and europe have been compelled to restart widespread search and rescue missions. which country did you come from? somalia? and how are you now, ok? this person is eight months pregnant. she left her 10-year-old daughter behind in nige

boat that has been the focus of media attention and international attention is one that the royal thai navy the coast of the province. you will remember the pictures of thai helicopters dropping food packets to the 380 people on board. as food was delivered, the people spoke of the immense deprivation they had suffered and run out of food and water ten days previously, they spoke about how one person mad ended by grief had thrown themselves overboard and that two more people were dying of starvation. we have now heard that on board there are three particular men whose families are in refugee camps in bangladesh and they have taken it upon themselves to write to the thai government and plead for the thai government to rescue them and save lives. this is a situation though that is spread right across this crisis. indeed one official from the international organization of migration has said if something isn't done urgently we will have boats full of dead people. >>> the italian navy rescued 617 people on boats trying to reach europe from libya. the migrants were picked up in several operations

we took a speedboat out, saw this saw the thai navy pulling them back to indonesia. they are intercepted by the malaysians, saw the boat back again on the thai side. you can see both sides of the ping pong table. >> sreenivasan: in a couple of weeks in the meantime we still have thousands of people on these boats. >> yes. and these desperate situations. with you pull up you know when we pull up beside this boat yesterday, you can see there's serious malnutrition amongst people on board. we have been reporting before the crisis blew up and conditions are extremely bad. people die regularly on these boats and are dumped overboard because keep in mind they're at sea for months in many cases. >> sreenivasan: is there a possible plan that the governments can come up with in the next couple of weeks? >> they're being urged by a lot of international organizations to simply take these people in. i don't know and i haven't heard exactly what any form and agreement would take, i think that really remains to be seen. >> sreenivasan: aubrey belford from reuters, joining us by sky

boat that has been the focus of media attention and international attention is one that the royal thai navy off the coast of the province and you will remember the pictures of thai helicopter dropping food packets to the 380 people on board. as food was delivered, the people spoke of the immense deprivation they had suffered and had run out of food and water ten days previously and spoke about how one person mad ended by grief and throwing themselves overboard and that two more people were dying of starvation we have now heard that on board there are three particular men whose families are in refugee camps in bangladesh and taken it upon themselves to write to the thai government and plead for the thai government to rescue them and save lives. this is a situation though that is spread right across this crisis. indeed, one official from the international organization of migration has said if something isn't done urgently we will have boats full of dead people. >>> u.s. secretary of state has met chinese leaders on saturday and john kerry has a tough stance of building of islands in disputed

tiethailand malaysia and indonesia have all turned the boats away win the last few hours the thai navyed another boat away from their coast saying that's what the people on the boat wanted. rob mcbride is in kuala lumpur. brings us up to tate that the ty authorities said about the people wanting to move to malaysia. >> reporter: the authorities here in malaysia are remaining very tight lipped about this latest arrival. this is a highly sensitive issue here in the malaysian authorities are also very sensitive to the way that they have been handling this or perceived to be handling this developing situation, there is some speculation in the media here that this vessel might not by now even be in malaysian waters, it might have already headed presumably escorted by malaysian navel vessels towards indonesian waters because the people on board know with this controversial push-back policy they will not ab loud to lands they know in indonesia migrants have been allowed to land there. the malaysian authorities are keeping tight control of the situation. even tho*es those migrants that come as

it was a thai fisherman that reported the boat to the thai navy.avy was trying to trace a phone signal coming from a passenger. >> it's absolutely not enough. what really should be done is thinking about how lives can be said saved. >> give them proper care and proper treatment and then you can go to the next step. >> many want to go to malaysian where they have family. theythere may be as many as 8,000 migrants in these seas. but with every government in the region denying permission to land they're just going no wear slowly. veronica pedroza bangkok. >> meanwhile, hundreds of migrants have been trapped at sea. >> they were finally rescued by fishermen. these migrants are accusing the malaysian navy of sending them away. they were sitting in the water for hours. they talk each other with knives and hammers. this man said that 12 of his relatives were killed. >> they said you're rohingya. we're going to kill you. >> people on board said that the indonesian navy towed their boat out on monday and sent this to malaysia. there they received the same t

they described they were sent away by the thai navy three times, and the malaysian navy twice. and the last time they were threatened "if you come back again we'll sink your boat." >> they were rescued this morning in aceh and exhausted and could barely speak or move. many were rushed through the hospital. they were so relieved they were crying. they brought all their little children, a lot of families on the boat. it remains to be seen what the development means on the ground. indonesia and malaysia said they'll attempt 7,000 migrants. 4,000 are at sea. that is the - that is what international organizations are saying. what will happen to them? are the governments actively going to rescue them or will they wait until they go to the land. the military spokesman said that he basically will wait and see what the government will tell him to do. until that time the policy to send away boats will remain in place. >> what kind of preparations and facilities are being made ready onshore for those that have arrived and will arriving? >> well it's early days. they have now accepted arou

. >> >> the thai navy is sending a ship to rescue migrants adrift at sea. they will treat them in a small hospital onboard, then they will go to shelters in malaysia and indonesia. so far thailand that not agreed to house the migrants. >> a settlement may be in the works in cleveland. the latest on a possible deal that could close the justice democratic's investigation into excessive force by the cleveland police. >> a disturbing video of a suspect pepper sprayed and threatened by police. the reason he didn't respond has the officers in trouble. >> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 7:49 eastern time, taking a look at today's top stories. residents in six states face unprecedented severe weather today. these are live pictures from just outside houston where flooding has effectively shut the city down. at least five people are dead, another 12 are missing after days of deadly storms. >> the f.b.i.'s trying to figure out who was behind a series of memorial day threats against flights landing in new york, new jersey and massachusetts. fighter jets escorted a

navy found off the province. you'll remember the pictures of thai helicopters dropping food pack packets to the people on board. the people spoke of the immense deprivation that they had suffered running out of foote food and water days earlier. they spoke about one person maddoned by grief threw themselves over board and two others were dying of starvation. we heard on board there are three particular men's whose families are in refugee camps and bangladesh. they pick took it upon themselves to write to the thai government to rescue them and save lives. this is spread across the christ. indeed unofficial has said if something isn't done urgently we will have boats full of dead people. >> well, indonesia's navy has prevented another migrant bolt from entering indonesia waters. they rescued 700 other people trapped at sea. we're at the center where they're being treated. >> they were on the boat for three months and their condition is still very, very week. they're here at a temporary shelter after they were rescued by fishermen. initially the indonesian navy and malaysian navy had rejected them. but now authori

thai/malaysian border. >> the my grant crisis in europe too, german navy ships rescued 200 more found adrift in the mediterranean of the. most from somalia and aretrea. more than 400 have been rescued since friday. defense ministers from five european countries are due to meet on meet on talks of how to stop the flow from migrants from north africa and their trafficers. libya's ambassador to the u.n. has rejected a plan to try to tackle the growing migrant crisis. he bra him dibasha says libya has been left out. thousands of people depart from libya's shores for europe with many of them dying at sea. a warning some of the images are disturbing. >> some called the crossing of the mediterranean the journey of death. thousands and thousands are willing to take their chance. >> he tells me there were kills. people were shouting. the boat capsized. people fell into the water. he doesn't know what happened next. he was thinking of himself. he was rescued by the libyan coast guard, but often, dead bodies are forgotten at sea and they float back to libya. he says he has never seen anything like it. he is the driver of m