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Police take action after Rohingya roundup
Published on 11/01/2013
» SONGKHLA - Police have filed charges against eight suspects in connection with trafficking more than 700 Rohingya migrants into the country on their way to work in Malaysia.
Cards stacked against migrants sucked into scam
Spectrum, Published on 18/11/2012
» For hilltribe and stateless people arriving in Chiang Mai by bus, it's almost impossible to miss the offices of the self-proclaimed NGO boasting it can give them instant passage to a better life in Thailand and around the world.
Muslim acceptance in Laos stark contrast to Myanmar intolerance
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 02/09/2012
» Just over a decade ago the tiny Islamic population of Laos, like Muslims everywhere, watched on in horror as al-Qaeda carried out its suicide attacks on New York and Washington. They were then flabbergasted as a tide of Western opinion turned on them.
Fear, loathing and lies in Rakhine state
Spectrum, Published on 02/09/2012
» Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar, has become a city full of stray dogs. Hundreds of them roam the streets abandoned by their owners, who were among the thousands forced to take refuge in camps for internally displaced people or otherwise relocate after a murderous wave of sectarian violence between the Buddhist Rakhine majority and the Muslim Rohingya minority erupted in the region two months ago.
Amlo wants stricter rules to open bankaccounts
News, Published on 30/06/2012
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office has proposed stricter measures for opening private bank accounts in a bid to step up money laundering surveillance.
Reaching out to the people languishing in nowhere land
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 10/06/2012
» Fongchan Suksaneh says she was in a "quasi-stateless" situation for 25 years and applied numerous times for citizenship, before finally receiving it following promulgation of the fourth Nationality Act in 2008. "I was told many times, 'We don't need people like you. Go to a different country!' ... I wasn't considered a Thai person even though I couldn't tell the difference myself."
Tuenjai urges cooperation to solve stateless people's plight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/03/2012
» The Asean community should support migrant strategies to prevent the trafficking of stateless people, says a renowned former senator working in community development.