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INCREASE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES; NOT IRRELEVANT, POORLY PLANNED AMNESTY PROGRAM

25 August 2011

TENAGANITA Women’s Force, Press Statement. August 24, 2011   Refugees with UNHCR cards were informed through their organizations, two days ago that they needed to get registered into the biometric system  at Putrajaya Immigration office.  Thousands of people – elderly, ill, young children, mothers with babies stood for hours in a cramped place, waited only [...]

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

24 March 2010

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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Nepal again asks Bhutan to take back refugees

10 February 2010

February 10th, 2010 KATHMANDU – With the 16th summit of South Asian heads of states just over two months away, Nepal Wednesday asked Bhutan to take back the Bhutanese refugees who have been languishing in Nepal for nearly two decades. Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal emphasised that the government of Bhutan must allow the [...]

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Malaysia plans IDs for refugees to prevent arrest

3 February 2010

Associated Press- Monday, February 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia plans to issue identification cards to refugees who are recognized by the United Nations, allowing them to stay in the country temporarily and avoid arrest as illegal immigrants. Malaysia, which has declined to join the U.N. convention on refugees for fear of attracting a flood [...]

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The Immigration Detention Working Group (IDWG)

28 December 2009

The Immigration Detention Working Group (IDWG) of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network consists of more than 50 organisations and individuals from 12 countries in the Asia Pacific region who aim to work together for the rights, dignity and well being of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in detention in the Asia Pacific Region. The [...]

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