Ambassadors to meet Thai government over illegal immigrationA senior official from Thailand's foreign ministry is set to meet with ambassadors from neighbouring nations to discuss illegal immigration "Illegal alien" and "Illegal aliens" redirect here. For other uses, see Illegal aliens (disambiguation). Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. , a ministry spokesman told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . She said ambassadors from Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia will meet permanent secretary Virasakdi Futrakul at 2pm (0700GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 ). The Thai government in recent days has defended itself against allegations that the Thai army left a group of ethnic Rohingya boat people to die on the open seas. "The foreign ministry's permanent secretary will have a meeting with ambassadors from the five countries to Thailand this afternoon," a foreign ministry spokesman said. "The meeting is mainly to discuss cooperation between the five countries to solve the problem of illegal immigration across the Andaman Sea Andaman Sea Sea, eastern extension of the Bay of Bengal. Bounded by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, the Malay Peninsula, and the Strait of Malacca and Sumatra, it covers some 308,000 sq mi (798,000 sq km). Trading vessels have plied the sea since ancient times. ... We know that the topic will include the issue of the Rohingya," she said. Survivors and a human rights group have accused the Thai army and navy of detaining and beating up to 1,000 members of the Rohingya minority from Myanmar late last year, before towing them out to sea with little food or water. Nearly 650 Muslim Rohingya have been rescued in waters off India and Indonesia. Some told officials that they had been beaten in Thailand before being set adrift in barges with no engines or navigational equipment. The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR UNHCR n abbr (= United Nations High Commission for Refugees) → ACNUR m UNHCR n abbr (= United Nations High Commission for Refugees) → HCR m ) said Tuesday it had asked the Thai government for access to 126 of the refugees to assess their needs. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Abhisit Vejjajiva (Thai: อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ) (born August 3, 1964), a Thai politician, has been the leader of the Democrat Party since February 2005. has so far rejected the request and Thursday vowed to crack down on illegal immigration into Thailand. "We will push them out of the country," Abhisit said. The UNHCR says 80 of the migrants were being held on Koh Sai See Statement of Additional Information. Daeng island off the Thai coast in the Andaman Sea. Another 46 have been handed over to the Thai military with no further information on their current location, it said. Thailand's military says it is investigating the claims but insists it follows international standards in dealing with illegal immigrants. 
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