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Marine Le Pen, a fighter suffering another big defeat
AFP, Published on 25/04/2022
» PARIS - Marine Le Pen, who on Sunday lost the second round of France's presidential election to Emmanuel Macron, had fought hard to make her far-right party electable but in the end failed by a wide margin to win over a majority of voters.
US lifting pandemic border expulsion policy in May
AFP, Published on 02/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - The United States announced Friday it was lifting a public health order imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic that required the immediate expulsion of migrants arriving at the southern border.
Trafficked Rohingya among illegal migrants caught in Songkhla
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/03/2022
» SONGKHLA: There were young Rohingya "victims of human trafficking" among 61 illegal migrants from Myanmar caught in Hat Yai district while en route to Malaysia, assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn said.
Explainer: Who are the Rohingya?
AFP, Published on 21/03/2022
» The United States will Monday officially declare that Myanmar military violence against Rohingya Muslims that sent more than 700,000 fleeing amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity.
Cops arrest illegals inside cave hideout
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 22/01/2022
» Police arrested more than 80 illegal Myanmar migrants who were in hiding in a cave in Kanchanaburi on Thursday.
Migrants get rough deal under Covid
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 27/12/2021
» Amid the Covid-19 crisis, migrant workers have faced many challenges, particularly in Thailand.
Greying gracefully
News, Postbag, Published on 08/12/2021
» Re: "Liberal immigration policies needed", (Opinion, Nov 27).
France's Zemmour injured after rally marred by fighting
AFP, Published on 06/12/2021
» PARIS - French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour was left lightly injured after being assaulted at his first campaign rally on Sunday where fighting also broke out during his speech in front of thousands of supporters.
Pope Francis to visit asylum seekers on Greece's Lesbos island
AFP, Published on 05/12/2021
» LESBOS ISLAND (GREECE) - Pope Francis will on Sunday return to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards immigrants harden across Europe.
Stop deporting Cambodian refugees
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 01/12/2021
» The recent deportation of three internationally recognised Cambodian refugees provoked an international outcry, much to Thailand's embarrassment. The first two were deported from Thailand on Nov 9, while the third was sent back home on Nov 20 to also face the risk of political persecution. Such efforts to "push back" refugees have regrettably tarnished Thailand's generally commendable policy and practice of offering refuge to persons fleeing persecution and other dangers from foreign territories. This is all the more poignant since Thailand's human rights record is in the middle of being assessed in Geneva under the UN's Universal Periodic Review (UPR).