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UN High Commissioner for Refugees concludes visit to Myanmar
24 May 2019 During five-day trip, Filippo Grandi pledges support for the displaced and help to build the confidence Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need to return safely and voluntarily. -
From camp to city, Myanmar returnees grapple with Yangon life
10 May 2017 Six months after they repatriated from Thailand, a returnee family reflects on the life they left behind and embraces their future in Myanmar. -
Overcoming statelessness in Thailand one case at a time
24 Nov 2016 More than 23,000 stateless people have been granted Thai nationality in the last four years as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to end statelessness by 2024. -
Myanmar refugees pave the way home in pilot return
28 Oct 2016 After decades in exile, 71 refugees have returned from Thailand to Myanmar, feeling both joy and trepidation about their future. -
Famed Cambodian refugee camp reopens as educational centre
31 May 2016 Thailand's Khao I Dang camp offers lessons in life-saving coordination during the Cambodian exodus and responsibility-sharing to help rebuild refugees' lives. -
Thousands of stateless people given nationality in Thailand
1 Dec 2015 Thai Government grants citizenship to18,000 stateless people, reducing the total to 443,862 -
UNHCR's new biometrics system helps verify 110,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand
30 Jun 2015 The refugees now have a smart card with encrypted personal information that will prove useful as they plan for their future beyond the camps. -
UNHCR urges governments to continue high seas live-saving operations
12 May 2015 The UNHCR call to step up search-and-rescue efforts and keep borders open, came amid reports that thousands of people are stranded on smugglers' boats. -
Some 25,000 risk sea crossings in Bay of Bengal over first quarter, almost double from year earlier
8 May 2015 Based on survivor accounts, UNHCR estimated that 300 people died at sea in the first quarter of 2015 as a result of starvation, dehydration or abuse by boat crews.