Tag: Migrant Rights
Refugees arrive in Cambodia
Cambodia received its first batch of asylum seekers from Australian custody, with rights groups labelling them “human guinea pigs” for an uncaring policy by Canberra to offload refugees onto other countries.
Published: Friday June 5, 2015 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Friday June 5, 2015 MYT 8:26:22 AM
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia received its...
Malala Speaks Out In Support Of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims
Malala Yousafzai is calling on world leaders and officials in Myanmar to stop the persecution of the country’s Rohingya Muslims.
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla
Posted: 06/08/2015 3:58 pm EDT Updated: 06/08/2015 3:59 pm EDT
Malala Yousafzai is calling on world leaders and officials in Myanmar to stop the persecution...
Myanmar to start transferring migrants to Bangladesh
About 150 migrants found adrift in a boat off Myanmar's coast were set Monday for transfer to neighbouring Bangladesh, an immigration official said, returning them to homes many tried to flee months ago
By Afp
Published: 08:24 GMT, 8 June 2015 | Updated: 09:05 GMT, 8 June 2015
About 150 migrants found...
Thailand Scrambles to Boost Image on Human Trafficking
Thailand is eager to show its newfound toughness on human trafficking, taking reporters on patrols and tours of former camps, cooperating with neighboring countries and the U.S., and arresting dozens of officials — including a high-ranking officer in the military that now controls the country. The junta even had...
Thailand Scrambles to Boost Image on Human Trafficking
Thailand is eager to show its newfound toughness on human trafficking, taking reporters on patrols and tours of former camps, cooperating with neighboring countries and the U.S., and arresting dozens of officials — including a high-ranking officer in the military that now controls the country. The junta even had...
ASEAN to handle migration, East Sea dispute together
The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of the year prompted Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, to speak to Viet Nam News and other ASEAN news outlets on issues facing regional group members.
Updated June, 08 2015 09:19:00
The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the...
Australia denies asylum policy affected Indonesia executions
The Australian government Friday demanded the country’s human rights chief retract claims linking the execution of two Australians by Indonesia with Canberra’s hardline asylum-seeker policy, calling it “an outrageous slur”.
June 5, 2015
SYDNEY: The Australian government Friday demanded the country’s human rights chief retract claims linking the execution of two...
Cambodia admits first asylum-seekers under Australia deal
Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody yesterday, with rights groups labelling them ‘human guinea pigs’ for an uncaring policy by Canberra to offload refugees onto other countries.
Posted on June 4, 2015, Thursday
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody yesterday, with...
Myanmar Asks for Fair Assessment of Its Actions in the Immigration Crisis
Myanmar has asked the United Nations to be fair and impartial in assessing its actions during the ongoing immigration crisis in Southeast Asia even as it prepares to deport nearly 1,000 immigrants found on two boats in May to Bangladesh, local media reported Thursday.
BANGKOK – Myanmar has asked the...
Keep momentum on boat-people crisis
Key participants tried to avoid using the term "Rohingya" - the stateless people who comprise the bulk of migrants abandoned at sea recently after a Thai crackdown on the human trafficking trade.
Tan Hui Yee
The Straits Times
Asia News Network June 5, 2015 1:00 am
Asean was hardly mentioned at last Friday's...
