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Refugee-run school gives children a chance at education in Malaysia
7 Jan 2010 Most ethnic Chin refugees or asylum-seekers in urban Malaysia don't have access to formal education. They've set up their own schools to fill the gap. -
UNHCR seeking access to returned Lao Hmong
29 Dec 2009 The UN refugee agency is seeking access to Lao Hmong who were forcibly returned to Laos from Thailand earlier this week. -
Deportation of Lao Hmong must stop: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
28 Dec 2009 With Thailand having started the forced return of Lao Hmong to Laos, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called for an immediate halt to deportations. -
Urban refugee women teach themselves knitting - and self-confidence
7 Dec 2009 Far from home, ethnic Chin refugee women from Myanmar are supporting themselves in Malaysia’s towns and cities in safety and dignity. -
Asian civil society mobilizes in support of refugee rights
12 Oct 2009 Non-governmental organizations from 19 Asian and Pacific countries meet in Bangkok to plot advocacy for greater refugee rights. -
Q&A: A humble rice farmer from Cambodia teaches reconciliation
17 Sep 2009 Film-maker Stanley Harper explains how a Cambodian matriarch and her divided family claimed 18 years of his life – and have something to tell the world. -
Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand camps hits 50,000 mark
30 Jun 2009 A 23-year-old ethnic Karenni school teacher becomes the 50,000th Myanmar refugee to leave Thailand under the world's largest resettlement programme. -
Bangladesh: a quiet volunteer helps refugee children shoot for the stars
8 Jun 2009 A former national basketball player is providing renewed hope to refugee youth in Bangladesh and encouraging Muslim girls to break out of conservative roles. -
New school gives Rohingya refugee children hope for a bright future
29 May 2009 Children who couldn't even write or count to 10 are now dreaming of becoming engineers and office workers thanks to a UNHCR-funded refugee school.