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

March 24, 2010

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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 [...]

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Refugees nearing 150 days at sea

17 February 2010

254 Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking refugees have been trapped on a tiny boat in the port of Merak in Indonesia. It will be 150 days on march 10th. Currently No humanitarian agencies apart from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) are allowed to visit the boat. The IOM, which gets $12 million a year from the [...]

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The terrifying voyage of Burma’s boat people

24 November 2009

Here’s a formula for making a killing in times of crisis. Go to the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, on the border with Burma, and buy an old fishing boat. It’ll cost 100,000 taka, or about £900. Then budget 450 pounds, for rice and drinking water, and maybe another £450 for bribes. Then head off and trawl for clients among the most destitute communities in Bangladesh – a country so densely populated country and so poor that for Britain to be on similar economic terms it would have to have a population of 200 million with an average income around four per cent of what a Briton’s is today.

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Refugee Council of Australia: Australia cannot watch idly while asylum seekers face return to Sri Lanka

17 November 2009

The Australian Government cannot remain a passive bystander while asylum seekers on the Merak boat face the risk of return to Sri Lanka, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) says. RCOA president John Gibson said the organisation was alarmed by media reports that the Indonesian Government was considering returning asylum seekers whose claims were yet to be examined.

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Joint Statement on the Requirements of a Regional Solution for the Rohingya

6 March 2009

We, the undersigned organizations, wish to express our support for the development of a regional solution to the plight of the Rohingya that is founded upon a respect for their rights and draws upon the support of the international community. However, we are concerned that while regional solutions have been discussed, including at the recent [...]

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