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Thailand braces for refugee influx
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/04/2024
» Thailand is prepared to accept 100,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Myanmar after rebel forces seized control of Myawaddy, a border town opposite Tak's Mae Sot district, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara.
Inquiry urged into refugee abduction
News, Published on 16/10/2025
» The Cross Cultural Foundation has petitioned the House committee on Legal Affairs, Justice and Human Rights to investigate whether Thai officials were involved in the abduction and forced return of Vietnamese refugee Duong Van Thai.
Hun Sen creates new refugee group
News, Evan Jones, Published on 04/03/2020
» For 35 years, Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia with a swath of scandals, his heavy-handed approach for political opponents, brutality and oppression. Drawn straight from the dictator's handbook used by despots the world over, the strongman has abused his power to obliterate any opposition and dissent. His family's wealth is astounding: it is estimated between US$500 million and US$1 billion (16-32 billion baht) -- a far cry from his prime ministerial salary of US$1,100 per month.
Capturing the refugee crisis on camera
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 06/02/2018
» Currently, there are 65 million people around the world who have been forcibly uprooted from their homes due to war, persecution and conflict. Twenty-one million of them are refugees, and half of them are children. We see stories about them daily, saturated in the news to the point that we've started to become numb.
Refugee claims by Venezuelans surging: UN
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» GENEVA - Nearly 100,000 people who fled Venezuela have claimed refugee status since the start of 2017, the UN said Tuesday, as it ramped up response plans for a displacement crisis likely to worsen.
Refugee healthcare challenges mount in Thailand
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2025
» THA SONG YANG, Tak - A team of doctors and nurses battled to revive Adabi, an 86-year-old Myanmar refugee fighting long-standing heart problems and pneumonia, as her daughter watched tearfully in a hospital in northwestern Thailand.
Trump cuts hit Thai refugee camps
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/02/2025
» The Public Health Ministry will open a command centre to coordinate with border hospitals over the treatment of refugee patients after the suspension of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) budget.
Court extends detention of Bahraini refugee
AFP with Online reporters, Published on 05/12/2018
» A refugee footballer from Bahrain has been detained for 12 days by the Immigration Bureau (IB), an official said Tuesday, as a tug of war commenced over his fate.
Activists demand Thailand release refugee footballer
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2018
» SYDNEY: Human rights groups and former football players have called on Fifa and the Australian government to intervene to stop a Melbourne-based refugee and semi-professional footballer from being extradited from Thailand to Bahrain.
Thai activist gets political refugee tag
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/11/2018
» Anti-junta activist Chanoknan Ruamsap, who fled the country earlier this year after being charged with lese majeste, has received political refugee status from the South Korean government.