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UNHCR seeks access to 126 Muslim Rohingya boat people in Thailand
20 Jan 2009 UNHCR asks Thailand for access to detained Muslim Rohingyas in order to assess their situation and see if any are in need of international protection. -
UN agencies team up on family planning for refugees in Thailand
15 Jan 2009 UNHCR and the UN Population Fund are collaborating so refugees along Thailand's border with Myanmar can continue to plan their families -
Innovative measures slash sexually-transmitted infections in Bangladeshi camps
14 Jan 2009 Having refugees distribute condoms to their fellow refugees is one innovative plank in a three-year programme paying dividends in two camps in Bangladesh. -
Protracted Refugee Situations: Bangladesh camp life improves, but home is best
10 Dec 2008 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. -
Widows and orphans in Myanmar face dangers six months after Nargis
31 Oct 2008 UNHCR has helped some 200,000 people with plastic sheets and mosquito nets in the six months since Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, but remains concerned about the welfare of many widows and orphans. -
Welcome to Prague: first Myanmar refugees resettle in Czech Republic
31 Oct 2008 The Czech Republic has joined the ranks of eight EU resettlement countries with the arrival this week of 23 Myanmar refugees, some of whom had been in exile in Malaysia for nearly 10 years. -
Czech mission to Malaysia paving way for landmark resettlement programme
24 Jul 2008 A pilot programme to take Myanmar refugees to Central Europe will make the Czech Republic the first ex-Eastern Bloc nation to become a resettlement country. -
UNHCR cards give refugees in Bangladesh individual identities
23 Jul 2008 With the issuance this month of UNHCR ID cards for the first time, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will be recognized as individuals. -
Helicopters bring shelter, hope for Myanmar's cyclone victims
3 Jul 2008 UNHCR used UN helicopters this week to deliver badly-needed shelter kits to traumatized residents of remote villages in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta.