Tag: Migrant Rights
Refugees Asked To Visit Repatriation Center For Interviews
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has invited refugees to discuss a voluntary repatriation plan in Mae La Oon camp, one of nine refugee camps in Thailand along the Thai-Burma border.
By Saw Yan Naing 15 May 2017
MAE LA OON, Thailand — The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...
Decree That Sparked Migrant Worker Panic Becomes Law
The junta-appointed legislature approved without amendment Thursday the emergency decree that recently prompted an exodus of migrant workers.
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter - July 7, 2017 3:03 pm
BANGKOK — The junta-appointed legislature approved without amendment Thursday the emergency decree that recently prompted an exodus of migrant workers.
Members voted 177-0...
ASEAN, Canada agree to improve protection of migrant workers
ASEAN member countries and Canada have agreed to improve the protection of migrant workers during the 14th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue Meeting in Ottawa, Canada, on May 8, 2017.
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - ASEAN member countries and Canada have agreed to improve the protection of migrant workers...
Joint Press Release: No More 10 years Wait Before Implementing Better Protection for Migrant Workers in ASEAN
No More 10 years Wait Before Implementing Better Protection for Migrant Workers in ASEAN
8 May 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
‘It will not take another 10 years to start work on a concrete plan of action to realise the ideals encapsulated in the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the...
Activists Want 160 Detained Montagnards Freed
Montagnard women from Vietnam break into tears after Thai police took away their children for separate detention after about 180 Montagnards from Vietnam and Cambodia were arrested and held for possible deportation back to their countries. (EPA photo)
Human rights activists are calling for the release of over 160 ethnic...
Strengthening and Harmonizing Labour Standards in ASEAN: A Framework for Union Advocacy
This study, Strengthening and Harmonizing Labour Standards in ASEAN: A Framework for Union Advocacy, covers international labour standards on wages; working time; social protection, including occupational safety and health, social security and maternity protection; equality of opportunity and treatment and non-discrimination at work; freedom of association and right to...
Refugee Rights Situation in THAILAND: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (25th Session)
While refugees live across the country, the majority reside within nine camps along the Thai-Myanmar Border and in Bangkok. Refugees and asylum-seekers include stateless persons such as the Rohingya and Uighur, those fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar, religious persecution in Pakistan and war in Syria.
Thailand’s refugee rights crisis continues...
Moving toward Decent Sex Work: Decent Work and Exploitation in Thailand (Sex Worker Community Research)
In 2016, Thai society is more concerned with addressing exploitation, reducing corruption and honouring the rights of the child than punishing the buying and selling sex. Most of Thai society may well consider exchanging sex for money to be immoral. However, we propose that the breach of some of...
Maritime movements of the Rohingya and recommendations to improve human rights protection for Rohingya refugees [APPRN Submission to AICHR]
In partnership with ALTSEAN Burma, Burma Partnership, FORUM-Asia, and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, APRRN has submitted to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) an analysis of the situation of maritime movements of Rohingya refugees in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, including recommendations to...
Indigenous Women and Human Trafficking in the Mekong Region: Policy Overview and Community Response [AIPP]
AIPP conducted an investigation into the status of trafficking of indigenous women in the Mekong region. The results served as a preliminary analysis of current government and non-government policies and the responses of the affected communities.
AIPP conducted an investigation into the status of trafficking of indigenous women...
