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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. -
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. -
Refugee women crochet up sweaters, self-esteem and camaraderie
2 Jun 2009 A low-cost UNHCR project in Phnom Penh encourages women refugees and asylum seekers to pass on skills to each other that can help improve their lives back home. -
Angelina Jolie voices support for Myanmar refugees in northern Thailand camps
5 Feb 2009 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie calls on the Thai government to grant Myanmar refugees in northern Thailand greater freedom of movement after spending a day listening to refugees tell of the difficulties they have faced in two decades of living in closed camps. -
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 -
Cambodia on track to become refugee model for Southeast Asia
20 Oct 2008 The opening of a Cambodian Refugee Office is symbolic of the country's determination to take on new responsibilities in protecting refugees' rights. -
Q&A: Former Cambodian refugee chronicles Iraqi displacement
29 Aug 2008 A former refugee from Cambodia, Kalyanee Mam tells how she raises awareness of refugee issues through her work as a lawyer, photographer and documentary maker.