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Six months on, Rohingya in Thailand struggle to keep hope afloat
2 Aug 2013 Six months after they arrived by boat, many Rohingya in Thailand's shelters and immigration detention centres feel their future is still uncertain -
UNHCR troubled by new Australia-PNG asylum agreement
26 Jul 2013 UN refugee agency shares Australian concern at danger of sea voyages by asylum-seekers but has "serious questions" about the new measures with Papua New Guinea -
Problems persist at Manus Island processing centre: UNHCR Australia report
12 Jul 2013 UNHCR finds improvements since January, but current arrangements still do not meet international protection standards for reception and care of asylum-seekers. -
UNHCR consternation at killing of two IDPs in Myanmar's Rakhine state
28 Jun 2013 UNHCR calls for an investigation and urges the authorities to handle the matter in a peaceful and calm way to avoid fuelling further violence and loss of life. -
One year on, displaced people in western Myanmar ponder future
7 Jun 2013 A year after inter-communal violence erupted in Rakhine state, most of the displaced have a roof over their heads. But no one knows what lies ahead. -
Race for roofs as rains start in Myanmar's Rakhine state
3 Jun 2013 Tropical Storm Mahasen may have passed, but there is no let-up in shelter construction for thousands of displaced people as the monsoon starts. -
Myanmar relocates thousands of displaced people ahead of Cyclone Mahasen
16 May 2013 More than 35,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine state have gone to safer locations under a government evacuation plan. Many more have moved on their own. -
As the monsoon approaches, fears rise for displaced in Myanmar's Rakhine state
19 Apr 2013 UNHCR calls for urgent action and increased financial support to improve conditions for forcibly displaced people in Rakhine before the rainy season starts. -
Death toll in Thailand refugee camp fire reaches 37; UNHCR aids victims
26 Mar 2013 Thai authorities are investigating the fire in Ban Mae Surin camp, which destroyed more than 400 homes and camp buildings and left 2,300 refugees homeless.