Tag: Migrant Rights
Our kababayans in Sabah need help
They live and die without records. They do not get formal education. Neither do they get medical assistance. They live on their own—no government protects them. Like rats, they are always on the run to avoid imprisonment. But they are no criminals. They are the undocumented Pinoy, in Sabah.
June...
Thai Army General Suspected of Having Role in Migrant Trafficking
Warrant issued for three-star general alleged to have been involved in trafficking Bangladeshis, Rohingya
By James Hookway
June 2, 2015 6:37 a.m. ET
BANGKOK—Police are searching for a three-star general in the Thai army who is suspected of being involved in trafficking migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar through southern Thailand to Malaysia.
He...
Rohingya issue: Asean has duty to act
All Asean states, including Singapore, should protect the human rights they have espoused, especially when stateless, homeless refugees turn up on their doorstep, seeking their right to life and freedom from servitude or slavery.
By Vivienne Wee, Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Women for Action and Research
We agree with...
Southeast Asia countries under pressure to deal with Myanmar migrant crisis
The desperate situation of refugees adrift and unwanted in the Bay of Bengal has drawn global attention to Myanmar's decades-long humanitarian tragedy.
Ronan Lee - The Conversation Tuesday 2nd June, 2015
The desperate situation of refugees adrift and unwanted in the Bay of Bengal has drawn global attention to Myanmar's decades-long...
No more silence on human trafficking issue, Malaysia June 3, 2015
Human rights NGO says Malaysia as chair of Asean must set up an independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate all aspects of this tragedy.
June 3, 2015 | By Ambiga Sreenevasan
The stark reality and seriousness of the trafficking of migrants and refugees was brought home to all Malaysians upon...
Senior Thai army officer wanted in migrant trafficking probe
Thai authorities Tuesday said an arrest warrant has been issued for a high-ranking army officer over human trafficking, the first military figure in junta-ruled Thailand to be implicated in the grim trade in migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh
By Afp
Published: 17:17 GMT, 2 June 2015 | Updated: 17:17 GMT, 2...
Rohingya women face sexual assault in border camps
Tragedy continues for Rohingya women in the Thailand-Malaysia border camps used by human smugglers as they are reportedly subjected to systematic repression, sexual assault and other violations
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES
ISTANBUL
Published 16 hours ago
As the migrant tragedy grows in Southeast Asia, Muslim women from the Rohingya ethnic minority who were...
Cambodia refuses asylum to Montagnard refugees from Vietnam
Cambodia is refusing protection for almost 100 Montagnard asylum seekers fleeing persecution in Vietnam as four refugees travel from Nauru to the impoverished nation under a controversial $55.5 million agreement with Australia.
June 3, 2015 - 2:47PM
Lindsay Murdoch
South-East Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media
Phnom Penh: Cambodia is refusing protection for almost...
Nobel laureates’ call to end ‘genocide’ unbalanced: Myanmar
The Nobel laureates, including South Africa’s Desmond Tutu, Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi and former East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta, made the appeal following two conferences in Oslo last week. They called the situation “nothing less than genocide”.
Published: 4:16 AM, June 1, 2015
YANGON — Myanmar has rejected remarks...
Migrant boat still being held off Myanmar coast: government
More than 700 migrants found packed aboard an overcrowded boat in the Andaman Sea were still being held offshore by Myanmar's navy on Monday, more than three days after the converted fishing vessel was intercepted off the country's coast.
By Hnin Yadana Zaw | June 1, 2015 6:59 PM
YANGON (Reuters)...
