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Southeast Asia

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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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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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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Tenaganita on radio interview “refugees in Malaysia”

17 October 2011

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, [...]

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The demise of the Malaysian Solution

5 September 2011

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 [...]

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