Migrant crisis: UN for comprehensive response

The UN on Friday called for a “comprehensive response” to the large scale humanitarian crisis of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, of which nearly 2,000 are still believed to be stranded in the perilous sea across the Bay of Bengal.

“At the moment the priority should be saving those people who are at sea but in the long term, obviously, you have to address the root cause of the problem,” said William Spindler, spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency.