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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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Japan to resettle Myanmar refugees

3 February 2010

Source: INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Japan has taken the first steps to become the first Asian nation to resettle refugees from Myanmar, the United Nations’ Manila office said Wednesday, quoting a report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR). Japanese officials were scheduled to visit a refugee camp in northern Thailand to interview Myanmar refugees who [...]

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Japan Association for Refugees: Statement Regarding Deportation of Asylum-Seekers in Preparation for the Petition to Revoke the Decision to Reject Refugee Status

17 November 2009

On 29 October 2009, a member of an ethnic minority of Myanmar (Burma), who sought asylum for fear of being persecuted for his political activities, was forcibly deported from Narita Airport while in preparation for the petition to revoke the decision to reject refugee status.

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