February 29, 201610 yr Private SAR Boat Underway to Andaman and Boat PeopleBy Sasiwan MokkhasenStaff ReporterMOAS’s newly refitted search and rescue ship M.Y. Phoenix at a port in Samut Prakan on Friday.BANGKOK — Long-range recon drones will fly from what’s billed as the world’s only private search and rescue ship to scour the Andaman Sea for boat people beginning Thursday.A Malta-based charity credited with rescuing more than 12,000 refugees in the Mediterranean has set course for the Andaman Sea, where it will spend at least four weeks offering aid to the seasonal tide of humans who set out in search of better lives but often wind up abandoned or worse at sea.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1456743432&typecate=06§ion= -- Khaosod English 2016-03-01
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