Thai FM urges region to double-down on tackling migrant woes Thailand's foreign minister on Friday urged regional nations to redouble efforts to tackle the causes of this year's Bay of Bengal migrant crisis, warning the issue "will not simply go away". Don Pramudwinai said it was up to the international community to improve the living conditions of Muslims in Myanmar and Bangladesh, in order to discourage them from taking perilous boat journeys south. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.