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Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/02/2017
» I was just a child when the strongmen from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand announced the formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the mellow Thai resort town of Bang Saen in 1967.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/12/2016
» Dhaka: Thailand has fully supported the Global Compact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration, a rights protection pledge agreed upon in New York last September.
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/12/2016
» The Myanmar army crackdown in Rakhine state has overwhelmed the border area of Bangladesh and also eliminated the possibility of sending Rohingya migrants in Thailand back to Myanmar. As a result, Thailand must consider other solutions such as new shelter arrangements or reuniting families in Muslim-majority Malaysia, suggests the Migrant Working Group (MWG).
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/12/2016
» Thailand, Asean and the Mekong Subregion still do not have decent rights-based regulations and safety nets in place to ensure justice for migrants, say non-government organisations.
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/12/2016
» Myanmar held a timely, face-saving meeting on the growing Rohingya crisis last Monday, and now the rest of the world has retreated to its corner, so to speak.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/09/2016
» The situation of the Rohingya boat people may have eased for now, but "humane and sustainable solutions" are still a long way off as only one-third of those people have been resettled, human rights activists and the United Nations say.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/06/2016
» The government is making steady progress in tackling trafficking, a year after Thailand and Asean started addressing the trafficking of Rohingya migrants, a seminar was told.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/03/2016
» A Chiang Mai-based activist was given an International Women of Courage Award Tuesday for her dedication to democracy and women's rights despite undergoing "attitude adjustment" at the hands of the military.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/03/2016
» The UN refugee agency has urged the new Myanmar leadership to resume dialogue with Thailand and the UNHCR to end the decade-long saga of refugees along the border and give priority to the ethnic Rohingya issue as part of their nation-building process.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2016
» High-profile human trafficking pre-trials of migrant worker victims have continued this week amid concerns about a lack of witness protection.