Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia hold emergency meeting to discuss migrant crisis

Foreign ministers from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have converged in Kuala Lumpur to hold an emergency meeting over the region's migrant crisis.

The news came as thousands of Bangladeshi as well as Rohingya Muslim migrants, fleeing persecution in Myanmar, were rescued after spending weeks at sea with little food and water, reported the BBC.

None of the countries meeting in Malaysia are prepared to give them shelter.

Meanwhile, shortly after the meeting began, another 350 migrants were rescued by local people off Indonesia. The head of one of the rescue teams said that the passengers were suffering dehydration and were weak and starving.