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Japanese ambassador visits resilient IDPs in foothills near Dili
14 Jul 2006 Japanese Ambassador Kenji Shimizu received a warm welcome from villagers when he helped a UNHCR mission distribute aid to displaced people outside the Timor-Leste capital Dili. Japan has donated US$2 million towards the refugee agency's emergency relief operations in Timor-Leste. -
2006 Nansen Refugee Award goes to Japanese man with global vision
4 Jul 2006 A Japanese optometrist wins the Nansen Refugee Award for helping improve the vision of more than 100,000 uprooted people around the world over the past two decades. Dr. Akio Kanai will formally receive the annual prize later this year in Geneva. It includes a US$100,000 grant from Norway and Switzerland for a refugee-related project of the winner's choice. -
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. -
New lease of life for refugee women's protection clinic in India
23 Mar 2006 A much-valued UNHCR women's protection clinic in West Delhi, India aimed at helping refugee women from Myanmar was facing closure until the Australian government stepped in. With the help of their funding it will now stay open until the end of the year. -
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. -
Rohingya refugees living in tough conditions in Bangladesh camps
21 Sep 2005 After fleeing persecution in Myanmar in the early 1990s, some 20,500 Rohingya refugees continue to live in tough conditions in camps in Bangladesh, unwilling to repatriate and uncertain about their future. -
Rohingyas from Myanmar living in risky conditions in Bangladesh
19 Jul 2005 More than 6,000 ethnic Muslims from Myanmar are living in risky and squalid conditions on river flats in Cox's Bazar district, vulnerable to seasonal high tides and flooding. A joint initiative including UNHCR recently visited them after months of urging the Bangladesh government to move them to safer ground. -
UNHCR welcomes acceptance of resettled refugees in Sheffield, UK
19 May 2005 More than 50 refugees from Myanmar have arrived in the United Kingdom as part of a joint government-UNHCR resettlement initiative aimed at helping long-term refugees with protection problems in their country of first asylum.