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Thailand: Stateless family released from Immigration Detention Centre

27 January 2012

Bangkok, January 27, 2012 On January 27, two stateless children and their family were released from the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Bangkok after having been detained for more than 1 year and 6 months. The children and their family arrived in Thailand to seek asylum in June, 2008, but they were arrested and detained [...]

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Refugee Act in Korea passed

16 January 2012

The new Refugee Act in Korea passed the National Assembly on 29th December, 2011. The Act will come into effect on 1st July 2013. APRRN members in Korea in cooperation with the National Human Rights Commission, UNHCR Korea and Lawmaker Woo Yer played the key role in passing the Act. APRRN members in Korea have [...]

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Open letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra

27 December 2011

December 27, 2011 HE Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand RE: Deportation of Lao Hmong Refugees Dear Your Excellency Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, We, the undersigned members of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, are deeply concerned about the deportation of Ka Yang, a Lao Hmong recognized as a refugee by the UN High [...]

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Update: East Asia Symposium & Refugee Mental Health Training

27 October 2011

2011 East Asia Symposium Beyond Asylum:  Refugee Policy in Practice and How Refugees Experience It (12 November 2011, Hong Kong) Venue:  University of Hong Kong, Council Chambers 2011 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, a treaty that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives in its relatively short existence since World War [...]

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Concerns over immigration related developments that jeopardize the security of refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia

18 October 2011

MEMBER PRESS STATEMENT: Concerns over immigration related developments that jeopardize the security of refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia We, the undersigned organizations who work closely with refugees and asylum seekers from Burma living in Malaysia, express our deep concern over two recent immigration related developments that jeopardize­­ the security of refugees and asylum seekers in [...]

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