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Refugees from Myanmar in Thailand benefit from Australian generosity
29 Jun 2006 Refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Thailand are set to benefit from Australia's generosity as a resettlement country, and also from a substantial grant aimed at helping improve educational standards in the camps. -
2,000 refugees from Myanmar flee to Thailand after renewed conflict
24 May 2006 Over the last three months some 2,000 refugees from Myanmar have arrived in Thailand saying they are fleeing renewed conflict and human rights abuses in Kayin state in Myanmar. Some 400 crossed the border last week and more are expected. -
UNHCR welcomes Thai decision to expand education for refugees
20 Dec 2005 Over 140,000 refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Thailand are set to benefit from a decision by the government to provide broad educational services in the nine camps in the country. UNHCR is delighted by the decision under which the refugees will learn Thai and English as well as useful vocational skills. -
Last Vietnamese boat refugee leaves Malaysia
30 Aug 2005 Over the weekend, Doan Van Viet became the last of the over 250,000 Vietnamese "boat people" to leave Malaysia. Unlike many friends and relatives who chose to be relocated to other countries over the years, Doan opted to return to Viet Nam to marry his fiancée and reunite with his long-lost family. -
Vietnamese "boat boy" practices medicine in Tibet
28 Apr 2005 Thirty years ago, Saigon fell to the Communists, prompting hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese boat people to flee in the following years. Among the refugees who washed up in Malaysia in 1977 was a boy who is now a Swiss-trained doctor helping rural and nomadic people in Tibet. -
UNHCR urges Malaysia to protect refugees during crackdown
4 Mar 2005 On the fourth day of Malaysia's crackdown on illegal migrants, UNHCR urged the government to continue demonstrating its strong humanitarian commitment and cooperation with the refugee agency, despite conflicting media reports about the government's position. UNHCR strongly refuted charges that it had issued protection letters indiscriminately ahead of the crackdown. -
UNHCR expresses concern at impending crackdown on migrants in Malaysia
22 Feb 2005 The UN refugee agency has expressed concern at the impending crackdown on illegal migrants in Malaysia at the end of an extended amnesty on Feb 28. -
UNHCR and Thailand start huge refugee re-registration
16 Dec 2004 In a massive joint operation, UNHCR and the Thai government have started to re-register the entire population of the nine refugee camps in Thailand that are currently sheltering an estimated 140,000 refugees who fled from Myanmar some years earlier. -
UNHCR to start mobile registration in Malaysia's jungle camps
10 Dec 2004 Ahead of an expected crackdown on illegal migrants, the refugee agency is sending mobile teams to provide documentation to refugees and asylum seekers living in fear and dire conditions. It is also pressing the government to issue temporary stay permits to Rohingyas, as promised.