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		<title>Refugee Act in Korea passed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: East Asia Symposium &amp; Refugee Mental Health Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sub-Regional Symposium on Refugee Protection in East Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DATE: April 28, 2010 (Wed) 10:00 ~ 17:00 Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea Venue: International Conference Hall, Gwangbok Hall, Yonsei University Sinchon Campus Theme: Refugee Protection in East Asia and the Role of Civil Society Background Recently, there have been some positive developments in the asylum field in the Asia Pacific Region. In 2008, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to resettle Myanmar refugees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Japan has taken the first steps to become the first Asian nation to resettle refugees from Myanmar, the United Nations’ Manila office said Wednesday, quoting a report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR). Japanese officials were scheduled to visit a refugee camp in northern Thailand to interview Myanmar refugees who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scant welcome for refugees in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a cramped apartment in Tokyo, volunteers are teaching Burmese asylum seekers how to make clothes combining Japanese fashion with their own traditional embroidery.

They hope the project will give women like Lu [not her real name] a way to make ends meet.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Association for Refugees: Statement Regarding Deportation of Asylum-Seekers in Preparation for the Petition to Revoke the Decision to Reject Refugee Status</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 29 October 2009, a member of an ethnic minority of Myanmar (Burma), who sought asylum for fear of being persecuted for his political activities, was forcibly deported from Narita Airport while in preparation for the petition to revoke the decision to reject refugee status.]]></description>
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