Tag: Migrant Rights
Justice system faces trial in Koh Tao murder case
Published: 6/07/2015 at 03:29 AM
Newspaper section: News
Prior to British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller's heinous murders last September, migrant workers' presence and everyday lives on Koh Tao island were not publicly discussed. This situation abruptly changed once migrants were identified by case investigators as key suspects behind the...
Irregular movement of migrants can disrupt Asean’s economy
Irregular movement of people across the region is an issue that must be addressed by leaders of Asean countries in order to achieve the setting up of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) by the end of the year.
06 Jul 2015 01:00 PM by Alyaa Alhadjri
ASEAN FOCUS: Irregular movement of...
ASEAN launches fund to share cost of hosting trafficking victims –
Southeast Asian countries Thursday launched a fund to share the cost of hosting human trafficking victims, after a regional migrant crisis saw victims ping-ponged between countries reluctant to accept them.
Agence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur | World | Thu, July 02 2015, 5:47 PM
Southeast Asian countries Thursday launched a fund to...
‘To Singapore, With Love’ on DVD and Vimeo not allowed to be sold or viewed in Singapore
Last September, the film “To Singapore, With Love” was classified by the Media Development Agency (MDA) as Not Allowed for All Ratings (NAR). Essentially, what that meant was the film was not allowed to be screened publicly and distributed in Singapore.
July 3, 2015 by Ariffin Sha in Arts and...
Myanmar refugees to get job training
Myanmar refugees in camps along the Thai-Myanmar border are to be given vocational training in an effort to increase the number of refugees willing to return to their home country.
2 Jul 2015 at 07:01 | NEWSPAPER SECTION: NEWS | WRITER: DUMRONGKIAT MALA
Myanmar refugees in camps along the Thai-Myanmar border...
Pakistan’s resolution against Myanmar at the UNHRC contains factually incorrect information: ACHR’s calls for amendment
Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in a press release today stated that Pakistan’s draft resolution against Myanmar tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday contains factually incorrect information and does not include key issues relating to the Rohingya refugees.
ACHR PRESS RELEASE
ACHR INDEX: PR/PK/01/2015
Date: 02...
IT PAYS TO BE AN UMNO CRONY: Putrajaya opening the door to SLAVE LABOUR just to benefit labor brokers, manpower agencies
Last Thursday, Home Affairs Minister Ahmad Zahid said approximately 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh would be brought to Malaysia in stages, over three years, to meet the demands of employers from various sectors.
Monday, 29 June 2015 15:31
Written by Charles Santiago
Last Thursday, Home Affairs Minister Ahmad Zahid said approximately 1.5...
Gov’t: Montagnards Not Welcome
The government will not accept more Montagnard asylum seekers from Vietnam because it lacks the resources to do so and does not want to provoke Hanoi, Council of Ministers’ Phay Siphan told Khmer Times yesterday.
Sunday, 28 June 2015; News by Khmer Times / Donald Lee
PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) –...
Persecution of Christian Montagnards continues in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government has come under fire for its ongoing persecution of Christian Montagnards in a comprehensive report on the plight of the ethnic group by New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Embattled minority faces harassment, intimidation at home and while seeking asylum
Michael Sainsbury, Vientiane
International
June 26, 2015
The Vietnamese government has come...
Paying people smugglers: Business as usual in Australia-Indonesian relations?
The allegations that Australia paid people smuglers to return their cargo to Indonesia is just the latest unprincipled act of rank opportunism by an Australian Government towards Indonesia, writes Dr Adam Hughes Henry.
Adam Henry 29 June 2015, 12:00pm
The controversy over potential payments, or bribes, by Australian customs officers or...
