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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. -
After 15 years of stagnation, improvements come to Bangladesh camps
22 Mar 2007 Thanks to a new approach by the Bangladeshi government, UNHCR has been able to make the first significant improvements to living standards for 26,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar in two camps in Bangladesh. While conditions remain poor, it's the first sign of progress in 15 years. -
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. -
Prominent Burmese journalist leaves Cambodia for the United States
12 Mar 2007 Burmese journalist Maung Maung Kyaw Win will soon be able to write freely after years of working under a pseudonym and facing persecution in his native Myanmar. He left Cambodia on Monday for a new life in the United States. -
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. -
UNHCR urges Bangladesh to find new homes for riverbank refugees
7 Mar 2007 A countrywide clean-up by the Bangladeshi government threatens the miserable, flimsy huts of some 6,000 refugees who live in an unofficial camp wedged between a river and a busy road. UNHCR has offered to work with the government and donor countries to find an alternative site. -
Lao Hmong deportation from Thailand put on hold
30 Jan 2007 Thailand put the deportation of 153 Lao Hmong refugees on hold after a group of male refugees resisted their removal from a detention centre and after repeated offers of resettlement by third countries were taken into account. -
UNHCR concerned about deportation of Lao Hmong from Thailand
26 Jan 2007 The UN refugee agency said it was concerned to learn about Thailand's deportation to Laos of 16 Lao Hmong who had not been screened to see if they needed international protection. -
Burmese innovator taps traditional knowledge to feed fellow refugees and protect the earth
8 Jan 2007 A refugee from Myanmar spends his time in exile running an experimental farm and demonstration garden on the hillside of his refugee camp in Thailand. He's determined to minimise the environmental damage caused by the refugees, and to boost their nutrition level through imaginative small-scale projects.