缅甸表示，愿意帮助在海上漂流的成千上万移民和人口走私活动的受害者。此前缅甸因其在东南亚船民危机中所扮演的角色而招致国际间的批评。
缅甸外交部星期三发表声明说，缅甸对船民们的苦难和生命危险深感关切。大部分船民是缅甸和孟加拉国的罗兴亚人。
缅甸外交部的声明说：“缅甸已经准备为所有在海上受苦受难的人提供人道援助。”声明还说，缅甸当局正在采取措施，防止人口走私和非法移民活动，包括空军和海军进行定期巡逻。
船民危机从本月早些时候开始，当时泰国切断了长期以来走私罗兴亚人的运作网络。蛇头出逃，听任成千上万船民在海上漂流。
Myanmar, which has received international criticism for its role in Southeast Asia's migrant crisis, now says it is ready to help the thousands of migrants and human trafficking victims stranded at sea.
A foreign ministry statement on Wednesday said Myanmar is deeply concerned "with the sufferings and life-threatening fate" of the so-called boat people, mostly minority Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
"Myanmar stands ready to provide humanitarian assistance to anyone who suffered in the sea," said the statement, which added "serious efforts" are being taken to prevent human trafficking and illegal migration, including regular air force and navy patrols.
The crisis began earlier this month when Thailand disrupted longstanding human trafficking networks that targeted Rohingya. The people smugglers fled, leaving thousands of boat people adrift at sea.
