Tag: Migrant Rights
Cambodia: UN refugee agency voices concern over possible deportation of Montagnards
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today that it is deeply concerned at reports that Cambodian police are seeking 13 Montagnards to deport to Viet Nam and urged the Government to refrain from the involuntary return of people.
2 December 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said...
The Two Men Charged With the Thai Backpacker Murders Face a Dubious Trial
The two Burmese migrant workers accused of killing a pair of British backpackers on an idyllic Thai beach appeared in court to be formality indicted Thursday. But there are growing fears that any trial will be a sham.
Charlie Campbell @charliecamp6ell Dec. 4, 2014
Observers have been left aghast at a...
Degar Montagnards: UNHCR Alarmed by Possibility of Cambodian Deportation of Refugees
International concern is growing over the fate of a group of Vietnamese Montagnards thought to be hiding in Cambodia.
December 4, 2014
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued a statement expressing concern over recent reports stating that the Cambodian Government is trying to locate a group of Degar-Montagnards refugees...
Nusron’s top priority: Migrant workers on death row
The new head of the Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Nusron Wahid, will have quite a handful of challenges after taking over for Gatot Abdullah Mansyur.
Elly Burhaini Faizal, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Opinion | Thu, December 04 2014, 10:34 AM
The new head...
Cambodia a Worry for Vietnamese Refugees in Australia
Cambodia’s treatment of Vietnamese refugees sets a troubling precedent for Australia’s Catholic Vietnamese refugees.
By Helen Clark
December 06, 2014
As we have recently reported, Cambodia’s treatment of ethnic minority Vietnamese refugees has put the country back in the spotlight and, as Fairfax Bangkok correspondent Lindsay Murdoch has noted, Australia’s deal to...
Indonesian maid says she was tortured with vacuum cleaner
An Indonesian maid has told a Hong Kong court that she was tortured for six months by her former employer, who shoved a vacuum cleaner tube into her mouth, breaking teeth and tearing her mouth.
By Naomi Ng for CNN
December 9, 2014 -- Updated 0737 GMT (1537 HKT)
Hong Kong (CNN)...
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY | Exiled Burmese student activist wants to go home
Khin Ohmar was a student activist in the 8888 Movement that the Myanmar military crushed more than 25 years ago. She has left the country as an exile and now holds dual citizenship, carrying an American passport.
By: Bernard Testa, InterAksyon.com
December 10, 2014 6:57 AM
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UN Team Back on Search For Montagnards in Cambodian Jungle
A U.N. team returned to a province in northeastern Cambodia on Thursday to resume a search for a group of ethnic Montagnards fleeing persecution in Vietnam after the authorities gave an assurance that they could be eligible for refugee status through a screening process.
2014-12-11
A U.N. team returned to a...
Fishing: Swapping Slaves for Prisoners in Thailand
Thailand’s military government should cancel a plan to encourage prisoners to work on fishing boats given the widespread abuses in the Thai fishery sector, Human Rights Watch has said.
BY MarEx 2014-12-12 17:48:00
Thailand’s military government should cancel a plan to encourage prisoners to work on fishing boats given the widespread...
Refugees From Myanmar Boost South Dakota Economy: Reports
Karen refugees who fled ethnic persecution in Myanmar have boosted the local economy in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where 9 percent of jobs in the county are performed by the 2,000 refugees, a BBC documentary released Tuesday reports.
Refugees who fled ethnic persecution in Myanmar have reportedly boosted the local...
