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Refugee workers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/04/2024
» Re: " 'Brain drain' follows military coup", (BP, April 8).
Refugee footballer freed
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/02/2019
» The Criminal Court has freed refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi after Bahrain dropped its extradition request, a public prosecutor said on Monday, following a global outcry over the risks he faced if sent back home.
Tak refugee tests positive
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2020
» Local authorities on Saturday put a refugee camp in Tak's Phop Phra district under lockdown after a Myanmar national there tested positive for Covid-19.
Streamlining Myanmar refugee policy
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 13/02/2025
» Thailand's record on sheltering a multitude of refugees has generally been commendable throughout the years. Yet at times there are paradoxes, exemplified by the push-back of Cambodian refugees recently, the current threat to send back a Vietnamese Montagnard refugee, and the ominous clouds pressing insidiously for the forced return of Uyghur refugees.
Educating Rohingya refugee kids
News, Kevin Watkins, Published on 11/01/2018
» Amina is a case study in the power of hope. Three months ago, armed vigilantes attacked the six-year-old's village in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Amina saw neighbours killed, an uncle wounded by gunfire, and her home razed.
Hope for refugee children
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 28/01/2019
» The cause of children's rights got a lift last week when immigration police in Thailand announced that they would stop holding migrant and refugee children in the country's crowded immigration detention facilities.
Refugee policy needs rethink
News, Editorial, Published on 09/01/2022
» The influx of ethnic Karen refugees fleeing war in Myanmar across the Thai border has raised questions yet again over Thailand's policies on refugees and its cosy ties with the Myanmar military.
Refugee plan mapped out
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/04/2024
» The government committee in charge of the situation along the Thai-Myanmar border laid down the framework for handling refugees and security responses as it assessed the overall situation in its first meeting on Tuesday.
Charting Thailand's refugee path
Oped, Tammi Sharpe, Published on 15/08/2025
» In the mid-1970s, conflict and upheaval across this region forced millions of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to flee their homes in fear. Amidst this chaos, Thailand became a sanctuary for these refugees, offering safety and hope to those displaced.
Pandemic aftermath threatens refugee livelihoods
Oped, Naw Ta Mla Saw & Maggi Quadrini, Published on 22/08/2020
» As the Covid-19 situation in Thailand eases, and the kingdom gradually lifts movement restrictions, the needs of refugees living along the border with Myanmar in camps must not be overlooked.