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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 -
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. -
Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000
25 Jun 2008 More than 30,000 Myanmar refugees have now left camps in Thailand to start new lives in third countries. -
UNHCR helps reunite Somali mother and son in UK
11 Jun 2008 A 68-year-old Somali mother reunites with her family in the United Kingdom with the help of UNHCR staff in Malaysia. -
UN refugee agency calls for Thailand to release Lao Hmong refugees
14 Jan 2008 The UN refugee agency has called for the release of 149 Lao Hmong refugees held in Thailand's Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center for more than a year. -
Departures of Myanmar refugees from Thailand top 20,000 mark
11 Dec 2007 In the past two years, more than 20,000 refugees from Myanmar have traded camp life in Thailand for resettlement in countries like the United States, Australia and Canada. -
More than 300 make use of first free clinic for refugee women in Kuala Lumpur
17 Sep 2007 An unprecedented free clinic for female refugees proved a huge hit at the weekend when more than 300 women queued up to see the medical staff at a UNHCR-run community centre in downtown Kuala Lumpur.