Tag: Migrant Rights
Big stick or softly-softly? UN split over tackling human rights in Myanmar
A fierce debate within the highest echelons of the United Nations over how to deal with Myanmar on the issue of the Rohingya is moving from behind closed doors into the public domain, casting doubts over whether the UN body has formulated a coherent strategy.
By Guy Dinmore | Thursday,...
Myanmar to Bar Rohingya From Fleeing, but Won’t Address Their Plight
The government of Myanmar says it is determined to stop the departures of migrants fleeing religious persecution in places like this bitterly divided port city, but it will not budge in its refusal to address the conditions driving the exodus across the sea.
By THOMAS FULLERJUNE 12, 2015
SITTWE, Myanmar —...
Dr M calls for Myanmar to be expelled from Asean
Published: Friday June 12, 2015 MYT 11:10:00 AM
Updated: Friday June 12, 2015 MYT 8:57:25 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: It would be better for Myanmar to be excluded from Asean as genocide is unacceptable, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The former prime minister urged Asean as well as the United Nations to take...
Asean should re-look its non-interference policy: Tun Dr Mahathir
Asean should re-look its non-interference policy and set limits to what constitutes an 'internal affair', former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
By AINA NASA - 12 June 2015 @ 4:03 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Asean should re-look its non-interference policy and set limits to what constitutes an 'internal affair', former...
Thailand strengthens internal security governance
On the surface, Thailand has been racing against time to "do everything it can" to solve human trafficking and slave labour issues and extricate the country from Tier 3 of the US annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP), which is expected soon.
Kavi Chongkittavorn
The Nation June 8, 2015 1:00 am
Truth...
Refugee ‘solution’ shames the region
The region has several strongmen who have worn uniforms, but a dearth of genuine leadership. They are more interested in maintaining their power and position than helping the most vulnerable. The arrival of the first migrants under the Cambodia Solution only serves to emphasise the region’s moral vacuum on...
Suu Kyi urged to play a role in solving the Rohingya problem
EXPERTS on international relations and immigration have urged Aung San Suu Kyi to take part in campaigning to return citizenship and rights to the Burmese Rohingya.
They said she was a Nobel Peace Prize winner and held a powerful position in Myanmar.
Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation June 10, 2015 1:00 am
EXPERTS on...
Will anyone help the Rohingya people?
Long denied citizenship and freedom of movement by the government of Myanmar (also known as Burma), shocking images have emerged in recent weeks showing hundreds of Rohingya migrants drifting at sea in fishing boats, as part of a failed attempt to leave for Malaysia.
8 hours ago | From the...
UNHCR: Laws and frameworks need to be in place to deal with refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that there has to be laws and a proper framework in place to deal with refugees who land on Malaysian shores or shores in the region.
Posted on 6 June 2015 - 05:51pm
Last updated on 6 June 2015 - 06:33pm
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Montagnards Are Not Asylum Seekers, Interior Spokesman Says
There are now 109 Montagnard asylum seekers in Phnom Penh waiting to be registered, according to the U.N., but a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said Monday the government does not recognize any of them as legitimate asylum seekers.
By Chris Mueller | June 9, 2015
There are now 109 Montagnard...
