Why Are Rohingya Stranded In 'Floating Coffins'? 
Thousands of the Rohingya Muslims are currently stranded on rickety boats in Southeast Asian waters.
Sky News looks at the plight of the persecuted people and the escalating crisis:
Who are the Rohingya people?
They are a Muslim ethnic minority in Burma described by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted people on the planet.
The Rohingya say they are descendants of Arab traders and have lived in Burma's Rakhine region for hundreds of years.
But the government considers them illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and denies them citizenship, leaving them effectively stateless and living in apartheid-like conditions.
Neighbouring Bangladesh - where Rohingya have been fleeing to for generations - does not recognise them either.
There are around 300,000 Rohingya living in squalid conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps, according to the US Campaign for Burma.
There have been violent clashes between the Rohingya and Burma's Rakhine people in recent years.
Human Rights Watch claims Burmese authorities encouraged the attacks on the Rohingya in a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
What awaits the Rohingya once they leave?
Thousands of Rohingya flee persecution and poverty in Burma and Bangladesh, paying people traffickers who promise them a better life elsewhere if they pay for a boat trip south.
At least 4,000 migrants are currently stranded on vessels - described as "floating coffins" - with dwindling supplies, according to the UNHCR.
Nearly 3,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshis have made it ashore in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in recent days.
But many vessels have sent back to sea after reaching land - despite a UN call to rescue those adrift.
It is thought that up to 1,000 people have lost their lives making the dangerous voyage since 2014.
Those who survive the voyage face poor conditions and are generally denied access to food, aid and education on land.
Why are migrants being refused asylum?
The governments of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have a policy of towing boats into international waters if they are seaworthy, apparently with no regard for the health of the passengers.
The countries have raised concerns over the costs of feeding and treating migrants, stating that they have to think about their own people's social problems and security issues.
And there has been a spike in the numbers of stranded migrants in recent weeks due to a government crackdown on trafficking by Thailand, which is usually the first destination in the region's people smuggling network.
Thailand's extreme measures - threatening to send all those who reach shore back to sea - came after mass graves were found at abandoned trafficking camps in the Thai jungle.
The shallow graves were believed to be the final resting place of dozens of Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants dumped there by the smugglers.
What is being done to solve the crisis?
Thailand has said it will host talks in Bangkok on 29 May for 15 nations to discuss the emergency.
But there has been no sign of a coordinated response from regional governments over what to do with the stranded migrants.
A senior official from the office of Burma's president told Reuters the country had not received an invitation to the Bangkok meeting.
The official also said would not take part anyway if the word 'Rohingya' was used.
Who is responsible for these stateless people?
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has asked Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia to stop turning boats away, placing responsibility on those countries to provide a "humane reception".
As the refugees are in their territorial waters, NGOs have argued the region has a moral imperative to act.
The Philippines, which has a history of hosting refugees from Asian countries, has indicated a willingness to accept the asylum seekers without offering any firm guarantees.
Mohammad Kareem, from Myanmar's Rakhine state, wants to trace his family and bring everyone to a place of safety.
Hyderabad, India - Sitting in a small clearing in the cramped refugee camp he calls home, Mohammad Kareem cuts a stark figure.
His eyes are intense, flickering with a quiet rage, and his body language forlorn. Mohammad incessantly chews on betel nut, almost as if to distract himself from the horrors he's trying hard to forget.
Removed from all the chatter around him, Mohammad is a lonely figure in the middle of a lively camp where neighbours mill about outside their darkened tarpaulin homes and conversation serves as comfort.
But I soon realise why Mohammad appears tuned out. He's new here. New to this camp, new to the city of Hyderabad, new to India - and new to the harsh reality of being separated from his wife, daughter, mother and sister.
Mohammad says he is 32 years old and that he is from Rakhine state in Myanmar.
He arrived in Hyderabad three days ago, he says, and headed straight to this place, known to Rohingya migrants in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad as "camp one", in Balapur.
This is a place where many in the community seek to reboot their lives, starting with freeing themselves from the constant fear of persecution they feel back home.
"They come and burn our houses and our mosques, torture and kill us to drive us away," says Mohammad Kareem
Mohammad's story is hard to follow. Our conversation is punctuated with translations in Rohingya language, Hindi and English.
Here is his account: "The Buddhists don't want Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. They tell us that we don't belong to Myanmar.
"They say we belong to Bangladesh, India, Malaysia ... anywhere but Myanmar. They tell us we need to go away. They come and burn our houses and our mosques, torture and kill us to drive us away.
"We can't continue living in a land where we have no peace and no hope for justice. That's why we risk our lives to get out of the country.
"The way out of Myanmar is a long and dangerous one. Many can't make it. Those who try and cross over to countries like Malaysia, Japan and Thailand by boat often sink or get caught and are thrown into prison."
That's why I decided to escape with my family to India.
I had heard that the people of India were welcoming to people like us.
I knew there were other Rohingya Muslims who were living here, as some of my relatives managed to find a home here when they escaped Myanmar.
I thought my family would be safe as well if we came here.
So I left home with my wife and nine-month-old daughter under the cover of darkness.
Our first stop was Chittagong in Bangladesh. Some locals there helped us cross the border into India and we arrived in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
But just then, things went very wrong for us.
The authorities took away my wife and daughter. I somehow managed to escape. I don't know where they are anymore. My mother and sister too are still stuck in Myanmar.
I just don't know what to do to trace my family and bring everyone to a place of safety."
Burma: 400 killed amid 'massacre' of Rohingya Muslims, army says
Latest violence follows an attack by Rohingya insurgents on police posts in the remote Rakhine region
Almost 400 people have died in clashes between security forces and Rohingya Muslims in Burma, the country's military commander has said.
The numbers, posted on the military's official Facebook page, are a sharp increase on the previously reported toll of just over 100. The statement said all but 29 of the 399 dead were insurgents, whom it described as terrorists.
The statement said there had been 90 armed clashes including an initial 30 attacks by insurgents on 25 August, making the combat more extensive than previously announced.
Advocates for the Rohingya, an oppressed Muslim minority in overwhelmingly Buddhist Burma, say hundreds of Rohingya civilians have been killed by security forces.
According to the UN, some 38,000 have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh
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