Tag: Migrant Rights
Second batch of Myanmar refugees due back from Thai camps
Nearly 100 Karen refugees from the Nu Po camp in Tak are expected to return to Myanmar next year, forming the second batch under the two governments’ repatriation scheme.
23 Nov 2016 at 21:14 4,687
WRITER: MYANMAR TIMES
Nearly 100 Karen refugees from the Nu Po camp in Tak are expected to...
Myanmar calls ASEAN talks over ‘Rohingya issue’: Diplomat
Myanmar has called an emergency ASEAN meeting to discuss the Rohingya crisis, a diplomat said Monday (Dec 12), as regional tensions deepen over a bloody military crackdown on the country's Muslim minority.
Posted 12 Dec 2016 21:52 Updated 12 Dec 2016 22:00
YANGON: Myanmar has called an emergency ASEAN meeting to...
Myanmar to brief ASEAN amid alarm over Rakhine
Aung San Suu Kyi responds to regional concern over Rakhine with unprecedented call for ASEAN meeting.
December 12, 2016 1:55 am JST
Aung San Suu Kyi responds to regional concern over Rakhine with unprecedented call for ASEAN meeting.
Kavi Chongkittavorn, Contributing writer
BANGKOK -- Myanmar's de facto leader, State Counsellor and Foreign Minister...
The Malaysian immigration question
Leyte 2nd District Representative Vicente Veloso says it is beyond the powers of the Church to tell Congress how to penalize perpetrators of heinous crimes
Published 7 Feb 2017, 3:33 pm Updated 7 Feb 2017, 3:36 pm
US President Donald J Trump’s executive order to ban immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries...
ASEAN Chairman Duterte Pushes For Migrant Protection Treaty
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signaled his intention to push harder for the adoption of a binding regional treaty to protect the human rights of migrant workers during his chairmanship of ASEAN (Association of South east Asian Nations) this year.
By Kalinga Seneviratne
BANGKOK (IDN) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has...
UN pushes Myanmar to release detained Rohingya children
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a sweeping military campaign in Rakhine state.
By Afp | Published: 10:20 BST, 9 April 2017 | Updated: 10:20 BST, 9 April 2017
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government...
Escaping the Tiger, Then Meeting the Crocodile
Thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos cross the border into Thailand each year. They trade poverty at home for the possibility of relative prosperity abroad. A Thai proverb – escaping from the tiger, then meeting the crocodile – describes the fate of many.
By MarEx 2017-04-09 04:42:57
Thousands...
Filipino workers in Thailand take risks to help families back home
WHILE Asean has liberated the free flow of skilled workers in the region and is considering human rights protection for migrants, Filipino workers have found themselves under threat of law enforcement in Thailand
PUBLISHED ON SUN, APR 16, 2017 7:02 AM
By EUNICE BARBARA C NOVIO
SPECIAL TO THE NATION
WHILE Asean has...
Giving refugees dignity of work at her restaurant
MOHAMED Jamal Ali, fled his home in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2012 to escape a civil war that has killed thousands so far and displaced many more.
Friday, 14 April 2017
by Rashvinjeet S. Bedi
MOHAMED Jamal Ali, fled his home in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2012 to escape a civil war that has...
Refugees describe death and despair in Malaysian detention centres
United Nations confirms deaths of 24 people in detention centres since 2015, 22 of whom were Myanmar nationals, but toll could be much higher
Laignee Barron in Kuala Lumpur
Tuesday 16 May 2017 03.08 BST
At least two dozen refugees and asylum seekers have died in Malaysia immigration detention centres since 2015,...
