Press Release: 94 Refugees and 2 Asylum Seekers Released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bangkok, June6, 2011 94 Refugees Released from Immigration Detention Centre in… [more]

Press Release: 94 Refugees and 2 Asylum Seekers Released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok Press Release: 94 Refugees and 2 Asylum Seekers Released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok

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

We, the undersigned, condemn the Australian government’s decision to suspend its processing of all… [more]

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 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

Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia

We, the undersigned, appeal to the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights… [more]

Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia

Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand

Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs… [more]

Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand

Joint Statement Calling for the Protection of Displaced Peoples, Civilians and Human Rights in Sri Lanka

We, the undersigned, are disturbed by the deplorable human rights and displaced people’s protection… [more]

Joint Statement Calling for the Protection of Displaced Peoples, Civilians and Human Rights in Sri Lanka Joint Statement Calling for the Protection of Displaced Peoples, Civilians and Human Rights in Sri Lanka

Call for internship applications

8 December 2011

The APRRN Secretariat is now looking for interns in 2012 for a period of 3-6 months. Responsibilities of the internship would include: Support APRRN Secretariat with external and internal communication: updating website, newsletters, managing social media, Google Groups, press releases and other publications Support APRRN Secretariat with writing funding proposals and reports Help to organize [...]

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Press release: NGOs urge Asia Pacific governments to end the immigration detention of children

25 November 2011

Regional meeting in Malaysia address concerns about the growing use of immigration detention and the need for alternatives to detention in Asia Pacific Kuala Lumpur, 25th November 2011 Fifty non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 18 countries met on Thursday and Friday to address the growing problem of immigration detention in the Asia Pacific region. Increasingly countries [...]

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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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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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