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10,000 refugees leave Thailand in biggest resettlement programme
27 Jul 2007 More than 10,000 refugees - mostly from Myanmar - have left their temporary homes in Thailand to start new lives in third countries, as the world's largest resettlement programme picks up steam. -
Czech mission funds mobile health care project for refugees in Malaysia
25 Jun 2007 The Czech Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has agreed to fund a nine-month UNHCR project aimed at providing mobile health care for refugees in Malaysia. -
Resettlement of Myanmar refugees under way from northern Thai camp
23 May 2007 A group of more than 30 ethnic Karen refugees from Myanmar has left the northern Thai camp of Mae La to start a new life in the United States as the second phase of a huge resettlement operation gets under way. -
Business leaders find innovative ways to help refugees in Thailand
4 May 2007 Visiting two refugee camps in Thailand, four top business leaders have been working with UNHCR to develop innovative ways to help refugees contribute to society rather than languish in refugee camps for decades. -
Top UNHCR official finds "progress overall" on visit to Thailand, Laos
3 May 2007 UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller applauds Thailand's issuance of identity cards for refugees, calls for more chances for refugees to work outside camps, and reports some progress towards ending the limbo of 155 Lao Hmong refugees in detention in Thailand. -
"Hallelujah": Myanmar refugees can now prove their identity in Thailand
12 Apr 2007 A US$1 million UNHCR programme provides Thai government identification cards to refugees in nine camps; the UN refugee agency hopes it's just the first step towards relaxing rules that have kept 140,000 refugees locked up for nearly two decades. -
UNHCR staff celebrate release of babies from detention in Malaysia
23 Mar 2007 Six babies were among a group of 25 people released into UNHCR custody by Malaysian authorities after being held in an immigration detention facility for up to four weeks. -
Iraqi boy, far from home, gets a chance for a taller future
20 Mar 2007 Thanks to international pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, an Iraqi boy under the temporary protection of UNHCR in Bangkok now has a chance to overcome his hormone deficiency and begin growing normally. -
Far from family, young female refugees from Myanmar find friendship
7 Mar 2007 Two teenagers sip iced tea at a roadside stall in Kuala Lumpur, their conversation peppered with laughter. But despite their happy demeanour, the two young women have suffered a lot and face an uncertain future far away from their families in Myanmar. Their story is not uncommon.