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Borders with Myanmar remain calm; no influx of refugees
1 Oct 2007 The UN refugee agency has not seen any unusual movements out of Myanmar as a result of recent events there that have sparked renewed media interest in some 400,000 Myanmar refugees in neighbouring countries. -
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. -
Myanmar: UNHCR promotes first significant steps towards citizenship for disenfranchised minority
23 Jul 2007 With the issuance of the first of 35,000 identity cards for Muslims in northern Rakhine state, the Myanmar government has taken the first steps towards regularizing the status of one of Asia's largest groups of stateless people. UNHCR, with U.S. funding, spearheaded the documentation campaign. -
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. -
Canada is first country to resettle Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh
20 Apr 2007 23 Rohingya refugees, a de facto stateless Muslim minority from Myanmar, have been accepted by Canada for resettlement from camps in Bangladesh - the first group accepted for resettlement. -
"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. -
Hopes of moving to Canada spark changes in Bangladeshi camps
27 Mar 2007 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are rushing to learn English, and are turning their back on old practices - early marriage and polygamy - in hopes of becoming the kind of people Canada might take for resettlement. They were inspired by Canada's acceptance of 23 Rohingyas from the camps in Bangladesh.