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Statement of concern on the plight of new Rohingya arrivals in Thailand

2 February 2011

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 [...]

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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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