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foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic 

Bangladesh calls for Australia to increase intake of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar

Human rights groups want nations to act on the latest wave of Rohingya refugees. (AFP: Ye Aung Thu)

The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh is pressing Australia to take more Rohingyas languishing in camps as officials from across the region gather in Adelaide to discuss people smuggling and the growing number of refugees dying at sea. 

Representatives from dozens of Asia-Pacific countries are holding the talks under the Bali Process — a forum established by Australia and Indonesia in 2002 to deal with human trafficking.

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