Foreign diplomats were converging on Burma on Thursday, seeking to discuss the Asian migrant crisis which is widely believed to have its roots in the mass fleeing of the country's persecuted Rohingya minority.
After the Indonesian government ordered a mass evacuation, people fled coastal settlements and resorts from Malaysia to India, many of which had felt the quake several hours before it became clear that this time there was no tsunami approaching.
Most people fled amidst the mass killing, torture, rape and conscription of child soldiers.
Pernille Skipper, a member of parliament and the legal affairs spokesperson for Enhedslisten, a leftwing Danish party, said: "Morally, it is a horrible way to treat people fleeing mass crimes, war, rapes.
"Morally it is a horrible way to treat people fleeing mass crimes, war, rapes," she said.
Lightning strikes, stars explode, and flood waters cascade down mountains or past the Roman Coliseum, while Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry tramples the masses fleeing from some other B-movie disaster.
I hold dear the memories of my people's fear and loss, the stories of masses fleeing for their lives only to be rejected at international borders, and the acts of courage that the righteous of other faiths committed to protect those in danger.
The idea that drastic, human-induced climate change could have an effect on global stability, particularly to the extent that it might spur mass migrations of people fleeing increasingly inhospitable landscapes, has generated a good deal of academic scrutiny and political hand-wringing over the past decade, and for good reason.
The Cuban government imposed broad restrictions on travel starting in 1961 to try to stop a mass migration of people fleeing after the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power.
A "perfect storm" of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy resources threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration as people flee from the worst-affected regions, the UK government's chief scientist will warn tomorrow.
