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Fear stalks Rohingya refugee camps after murders
AFP, Published on 06/11/2021
» KUTUPALONG (BANGLADESH) - Bloodstains still mark the spot where assassins gunned down Mohib Ullah, an activist who was a leading voice for the 850,000 Rohingya living in fear in Bangladeshi refugee camps.
'Mother Christmas' spreads joy in refugee camp
Published on 27/12/2021
» Shaimaa Al-Abasi, or 'Mother Christmas', dons festive attire and rides her bike around an internally displaced persons camp in Erbil, distributing gifts to children and spreading Christmas cheer. - REUTERS
Paragon honours World Refugee Day with filmfest
Life, Published on 14/06/2022
» To commemorate World Refugee Day which falls on June 20, a selection of five movies that showcase refugee stories will be presented during the 11th "Refugee Film Festival" which will take place at Paragon Cineplex, 6th floor of Siam Paragon, from Friday to June 20.
Refugee deaths an immigration wake-up call
News, Pinelopi Goldberg, Published on 24/07/2023
» For around a week in late June, Western media were obsessed with the fate of the Titan, a small submersible carrying a few billionaires and others to the sunken Titanic and later found to have imploded within hours of beginning its descent. Meanwhile, a boat carrying some 750 economic refugees capsized off the Greek coast, killing hundreds who had boarded in Libya after making perilous journeys from places like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. Pakistan declared a national day of mourning for its citizens lost at sea. But the West paid hardly any notice.
Lese-majeste refugee wins stock fraud case
Online Reporters, Published on 01/08/2023
» A British court has ruled in favour of Thai businessman Nopporn Suppipat, who fled the country after facing a lese-majeste charge in 2014, in a case in which he said he was cheated out of billions of baht in the sale of shares in his company.
A new era for refugee protection in Thailand?
News, Themba Lewis & Daniel Davies, Published on 19/03/2020
» On Sept 26, 2016, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged to establish a national screening mechanism to distinguish people in need of international protection from other migrants in Thailand, implicitly acknowledging Thailand's responsibility towards refugees for the first time. Now, in 2020, Thailand is poised to make good on the commendable commitments made. The National Screening Mechanism will come into effect in June, legally recognising, for the first time, a category of non-citizens who would be at risk if deported. Human rights advocates, refugees and Thai civil society are cautiously optimistic that the much-anticipated policy could usher in a new era of humanitarianism in Thai immigration policy.
Thousands face homelessness in Greek refugee relocation push
AFP, Published on 01/06/2020
» PIRAEUS (GREECE) - Abdelkader Rahmoun hasn't slept in days.
German far-right 'terrorists' jailed for refugee attacks
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» DRESDEN: - Eight members of a German far-right group were sentenced to jail Wednesday for terrorism and attempted murder after a series of explosives attacks targeting refugees and anti-fascist activists.
Rohingya Muslims face difficult Ramadan in refugee camps
AFP, Published on 16/05/2018
» COX'S BAZAR (BANGLADESH) - The 12-year-old Rohingya refugee dreamed of Ramadan back in his own village -- fish to break the day's fast, gifts from his family and relaxing beneath the trees before evening prayers at the mosque.
Refugee children in Bangkok, Jakarta face trafficking risk
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 23/06/2018
» A lack of legal protections is putting refugee children in Bangkok and Jakarta at heightened risk of trafficking and forced labour, campaigners said.