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		<title>Thailand: Stateless family released from Immigration Detention Centre</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2012/01/27/thailand-stateless-family-released-from-immigration-detention-centre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugee Act in Korea passed</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2012/01/16/refugee-act-in-korea-passed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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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>Open letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/12/27/open-letter-to-the-prime-minister-of-thailand-yingluck-shinawatra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>julia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: East Asia Symposium &amp; Refugee Mental Health Training</title>
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		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/10/27/east-asia-symposium-refugee-mental-health-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>julia</dc:creator>
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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>Concerns over immigration related developments that jeopardize the security of refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/10/18/member-statement-press-statement-concerns-over-immigration-related-developments-that-jeopardize-the-security-of-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-malaysia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>julia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenaganita on radio interview &#8220;refugees in Malaysia&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/10/17/tenaganita-on-radio-interview-refugees-in-malaysia/</link>
		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/10/17/tenaganita-on-radio-interview-refugees-in-malaysia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>julia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katrina Maliamauv from Tenaganita spoke about the plight of refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia on the BFM radio on 06-Oct-11. Due to their undocumented status, refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia are denied of basic rights such as education and healthcare, live in dire conditions and face other severe rights violations. They are subject to arrest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APPRN Statement on a new approach to regional cooperation on refugee protection</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/09/16/apprn-statement-on-a-new-approach-to-regional-cooperation-on-refugee-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/09/16/apprn-statement-on-a-new-approach-to-regional-cooperation-on-refugee-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) is deeply disappointed by the Australian government’s announcement that it intends to seek passage of legislation overturning the ruling by the High Court of Australia in the case of Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. The High Court held that it is unlawful under Australia’s existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The demise of the Malaysian Solution</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/09/05/the-demise-of-the-malaysian-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/09/05/the-demise-of-the-malaysian-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr Savitri Taylor Source: La Trobe University  On 25 July 2011, Australia and Malaysia entered into a legally non-binding Arrangement, which provided for the transfer to Malaysia of up to 800 people arriving irregularly in Australia by boat after the date of signing.  The Gillard government attempted to implement this arrangement by using the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian High Court rules against refugee swap</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/08/31/australian-high-court-rules-against-refugee-swap/</link>
		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/08/31/australian-high-court-rules-against-refugee-swap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: The News Tribune CANBERRA, Australia — Australia&#8217;s highest court ruled Wednesday that Australia cannot send asylum seekers to Malaysia as part of a new refugee swap deal. The High Court reached a 5-2 majority decision to make permanent an injunction that has prevented Australia from transferring 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in return for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forced return of 11 Uighurs from Malaysia</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/08/25/forced-return-of-11-uighurs/</link>
		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/08/25/forced-return-of-11-uighurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysian civil society Press statement FORCED RETURN OF 11 UIGHURS: IT IS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT We, the undersigned civil society organizations strongly condemn the deportation of 11 Chinese citizens of Uighur ethnicity by the Malaysian government on August 18. It is a blatant violation of international law and/or international customary law against refoulement (forced return). [...]]]></description>
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