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<title><![CDATA[Asian civil society mobilizes in support of refugee rights]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Non-governmental organizations from 19 Asian and Pacific countries meet in Bangkok to plot advocacy for greater refugee rights.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh: Myanmar refugees weave together self-reliance and hope]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Pairing outside business acumen with refugees’ traditional weaving skills has proved a winning formula for an entire village in a remote part of Bangladesh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh: a quiet volunteer helps refugee children shoot for the stars]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A former national basketball player is providing renewed hope to refugee youth in Bangladesh and encouraging Muslim girls to break out of conservative roles.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shedding new light on refugee women's safety in Bangladesh]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Installation of more than 100 solar-powered lights in two refugee camps in Bangladesh means women and girls can use sanitation facilities without fear.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Innovative measures slash sexually-transmitted infections in Bangladeshi camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Having refugees distribute condoms to their fellow refugees is one innovative plank in a three-year programme paying dividends in two camps in Bangladesh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Protracted Refugee Situations: Bangladesh camp life improves, but home is best]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Uddin fled his native Myanmar in 1991 and sought refuge in Bangladesh. With training and education from UNHCR, he prospered in a refugee camp. But he still misses his village after years of exile.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR cards give refugees in Bangladesh individual identities]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With the issuance this month of UNHCR ID cards for the first time, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will be recognized as individuals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Life's getting better for refugees in Bangladeshi camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A new spirit of cooperation between the Bangladeshi government and UNHCR brings new homes and new hopes to 27,000 refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Borders with Myanmar remain calm; no influx of refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has not seen any unusual movements out of Myanmar as a result of recent events there that have sparked renewed media interest in some 400,000 Myanmar refugees in neighbouring countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Myanmar: UNHCR promotes first significant steps towards citizenship for disenfranchised minority]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With the issuance of the first of 35,000 identity cards for Muslims in northern Rakhine state, the Myanmar government has taken the first steps towards regularizing the status of one of Asia's largest groups of stateless people. UNHCR, with U.S. funding, spearheaded the documentation campaign.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canada is first country to resettle Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[23 Rohingya refugees, a de facto stateless Muslim minority from Myanmar, have been accepted by Canada for resettlement from camps in Bangladesh - the first group accepted for resettlement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hopes of moving to Canada spark changes in Bangladeshi camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are rushing to learn English, and are turning their back on old practices - early marriage and polygamy - in hopes of becoming the kind of people Canada might take for resettlement. They were inspired by Canada's acceptance of 23 Rohingyas from the camps in Bangladesh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After 15 years of stagnation, improvements come to Bangladesh camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a new approach by the Bangladeshi government, UNHCR has been able to make the first significant improvements to living standards for 26,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar in two camps in Bangladesh. While conditions remain poor, it's the first sign of progress in 15 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges Bangladesh to find new homes for riverbank refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A countrywide clean-up by the Bangladeshi government threatens the miserable, flimsy huts of some 6,000 refugees who live in an unofficial camp wedged between a river and a busy road. UNHCR has offered to work with the government and donor countries to find an alternative site.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh: First Myanmar Muslim refugees resettle to Canada]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ The first group of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar left their long exile in a refugee camp in Bangladesh for resettlement in Canada yesterday, Thursday. The 13 men, women and children arrived in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh: Registration starts in camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ On Tuesday this week we started a two-month long registration campaign of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the two government-run refugee camps in Cox's Bazar District in south-eastern Bangladesh. There...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rohingya refugees living in tough conditions in Bangladesh camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After fleeing persecution in Myanmar in the early 1990s, some 20,500 Rohingya refugees continue to live in tough conditions in camps in Bangladesh, unwilling to repatriate and uncertain about their future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh: Joint emergency mission to Teknaf sees plight of Rohingya Myanmarese]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR, the European Commission and diplomats from five donor countries have completed an emergency mission to Teknaf in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh to see for themselves the plight of more...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rohingyas from Myanmar living in risky conditions in Bangladesh]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 6,000 ethnic Muslims from Myanmar are living in risky and squalid conditions on river flats in Cox's Bazar district, vulnerable to seasonal high tides and flooding. A joint initiative including UNHCR recently visited them after months of urging the Bangladesh government to move them to safer ground.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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