Bangladesh PM says illegal migrants taint national image

Migrants trying to leave Bangladesh illegally are tainting the country's image, its prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said. Ms Hasina said their attempts to leave had made them "mentally sick". Describing them as fortune-seekers, she said they should be punished alongside middlemen who arrange their travel. Bangladesh and Myanmar have seen an exodus of people fleeing south by boat through the Bay of Bengal towards Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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