{"id":974,"date":"2015-05-17T20:37:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T20:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=974"},"modified":"2015-05-17T20:37:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T20:37:56","slug":"from-one-nightmare-to-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=974","title":{"rendered":"From one nightmare to another"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AFP Photo \/ Christophe Archambault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

„We are here in the hope our pictures can put a human face on this crisis,“ writes the AFP photographer\u00a0Christophe Archambault, who travelled to the Andaman Sea to find a boat carrying hundreds of migrants from the persecuted Rohingya minority, adrift off the Thai coast. „My first reaction is shock. Their faces are completely emaciated. You can see their ribcages, their pointed shoulder bones. We are witnessing a situation of absolute horror.“<\/span><\/p>\n

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AFP Photo \/ Christophe Archambault\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We know it won\u2019t be easy. There are hundreds of islands in the area, and scores of small boats. But it\u2019s a one-off chance to document this dramatic story.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Thai authorities are initially helpful, offering to take us out on patrol close to Malaysia\u2019s territorial waters. So we fly to the southern town of Hat Yai, head on to Satun on the coast, and board a speedboat the following morning for the island of Koh Lipe where the patrol is due to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow the blog of AFP-Correspondent\u00a0Christophe Archambault:<\/span><\/p>\n

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