UNHCR urges govt to resolve Rohingya crisis
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) looks to the Burmese government to solve the crisis involving Rohingyas Muslims being pushed out of Arakan state.
Demonstrators support Rohingya resettlement
A rally in Rangoon convenes to back Thein Sein's plan
UN rejects Thein Sein’s potential Rohingya plan
The UNHCR rejected calls from Burma’s president to resettle the country’s Rohingya minority group on Thursday as the Rakine Nationalities Development Party backed the leader’s scheme
The Rohingya and the denial of the ‘right to have rights’
The Rohingyas remain one of the most persecuted and vulnerable communities in the world after state-sponsored exclusion policies made the group aliens in their own land
Refugees call for official status
After living in Nupo refugee camp for three years, protestors gathered outside of a UN office yesterday demanding that they be given official refugee status
Opposition to Malaysia refugee swap grows
UN refugee agency warns of dangers facing the thousands of Burmese migrants who could be repatriated if the deal goes through
Malaysia and Burma plan migrant swap
Thousands of asylum seekers and refugees who fled Burma face possibility of being returned if mooted 'swap deal' goes ahead
Australian govt defeated over ‘swap deal’
Australian govt defeated in high court over bid to send detained asylum seekers who arrive by boat to Malaysia
Burma a top source country for refugees
Burma in top five of global refugee-producing countries by UN report which places it higher than that of both Sudan and Colombia
UN says Australia refugee swap illegal
UN human rights chief says the proposed plan to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia could violate international refugee laws
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