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		<title>APRRN Joint statement: A call for Korean government to secure the safety of the asylum-seeker deported to Uzbekistan</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2012/04/06/aprrn-joint-statement-a-call-for-korean-government-to-secure-the-safety-of-the-asylum-seeker-deported-to-uzbekistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A call for Korean government to secure the safety of the asylum-seeker deported to Uzbekistan  We, the undersigned civil society organizations and networks from Asia-Pacific, express our grave concern and disappointment over the forced repatriation of an Uzbek asylum-seeker to his country of origin on March 21, where if returned, he could be arbitrarily detained, tortured or even killed. Uzbekistan is [...]]]></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>
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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>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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		<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>APRRN Joint statement on the Australia – Malaysia refugee swap agreement</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/05/17/aprrn-joint-statement-on-the-australia-%e2%80%93-malaysia-refugee-swap-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/05/17/aprrn-joint-statement-on-the-australia-%e2%80%93-malaysia-refugee-swap-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network is very concerned about the proposed  Australia-Malaysia bilateral agreement under which Australia plans to transfer 800 individuals seeking asylum to Malaysia in return for resettling an additional 4,000 refugees from Malaysia over the next 4 years. As civil society organisations working with refugees in the Asia Pacific region and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement of concern on the plight of new Rohingya arrivals in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/02/02/statement-of-concern-on-the-plight-of-new-rohingya-arrivals-in-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thai version The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network is deeply concerned about the plight of an estimated 226 Rohingya boat people, including an unknown number of children, reportedly detained by Thai authorities in the southern provinces of Thailand.  They were intercepted in three boats: one boat with 91 persons intercepted in Trang Province on 22 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement of concern on the detention of refugees and asylum seekers of Pakistani origin in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/12/20/statement-of-concern-on-the-detention-of-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-of-pakistani-origin-in-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned and shocked at the arrest and detention of 86 refugees and asylum seekers of Pakistani origin in Bangkok. These vulnerable people were arrested from their homes in a dawn raid and taken to the Bangkok Detention Centre. We have information that indicates that almost all the detainees have either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint statement on Australian asylum processing suspension: violations of Australia’s international human rights obligations that undermine civil society efforts to strengthen refugee protections throughout the Asia Pacific region</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/04/27/joint-statement-on-australian-asylum-processing-suspension-violations-of-australia%e2%80%99s-international-human-rights-obligations-that-undermine-civil-society-efforts-to-strengthen-refugee-protecti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, condemn the Australian government’s decision to suspend its processing of all applications for asylum from individuals from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, for three and six months respectively. The Suspension Policy is predicated on a profound misreading of the current situations in Sri Lanka and in Afghanistan. It plainly violates Australia’s human rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/03/24/joint-ngo-statement-to-the-asean-intergovernmental-commission-on-human-rights-on-the-protection-of-refugees-in-southeast-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/03/24/joint-ngo-statement-to-the-asean-intergovernmental-commission-on-human-rights-on-the-protection-of-refugees-in-southeast-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, appeal to the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to take into consideration the poor protection of the rights of refugees in this region as it meets on 28 March 2010 in Jakarta. We note with great interest that the AICHR has identified a study on migration as one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/01/14/joint-statement-on-the-principle-of-non-refoulement-and-the-recent-forced-deportations-of-the-uighurs-from-cambodia-and-the-lao-hmong-from-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, condemn the actions in the last days of 2009 of some Asian governments in requesting, encouraging and performing the forcible deportation (refoulement) of refugees and asylum seekers from Cambodia and Thailand.

We demand that all governments in the Asia-Pacific region reaffirm the importance of the principle of non-refoulement of asylum seekers and refugees.

We further call on these governments and all governments in the Asia-Pacific region to resolve to make 2010 a year in which the basic rights of refugees and asylum seekers are recognised, including the fundamental principle of non-refoulement.]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Statement Calling for the Protection of Displaced Peoples, Civilians and Human Rights in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2009/05/19/joint-statement-calling-for-the-protection-of-displaced-peoples-civilians-and-human-rights-in-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, are disturbed by the deplorable human rights and displaced people’s protection situation in Sri Lanka resulting from the recent clashes between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that almost 200,000 civilians have been internally displaced due to the escalating violence in the region over the past two months. This exodus brings the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to over 500,000, making it one of the most acute IDP situations in the world. IDPs fleeing the conflict zone have not been permitted freedom of movement instead being forcibly detained in more than 29 camps, public buildings and transit sites in government‐controlled areas, in many cases separated from family members and without access to adequate food, water and sanitation, medical assistance and psycho‐social care, or protection for particularly vulnerable groups, especially women and children. IDPs also do not have access to human rights organisations or other civil society groups.]]></description>
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