Tag: refugees
Southeast Asian MPs appeal for help to rescue boat with Rohingya...
"The delay in rescuing these boats has already caused untold suffering and loss of life,” said said Charles Santiago, chairperson of APHR
Rights groups slam Malaysia court decision on Myanmar deportation
Malaysia does not formally recognize refugees, treating them as undocumented migrants
In crowded camps, Rohingya refugees embrace family planning
Roughly two-thirds of Rohingya couples are now using some form of birth control -- up from virtually none five years ago
Cambodian asylum-seekers in Thailand fear forced repatriation ahead of APEC summit
Thailand doesn’t recognize asylum-seekers or refugees because it hasn’t ratified the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention
Bangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands ahead of cyclone
The government plans to evacuate about 2.5 million people from the most vulnerable areas in the path of the storm before the cyclone hits
Welcome no more: Rohingya face backlash in Bangladesh
Much has changed in the time since he and 750,000 other members of the stateless Muslim minority escaped neighboring Myanmar
Building the future with migrants and refugees
Pope Francis’ message for the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 25
Rohingya refugees mark ‘Genocide Remembrance Day’
Today there are nearly a million Rohingya -- half of them under 18 -- in rickety huts in camps
Vatican asks Catholics to share experiences of helping migrants and refugees
The World Day of Migrants and Refugees was established by Pope Pius X in 1914
Christians most persecuted among displaced people, reveals latest Open Doors report
The report said the unique story of each displaced Christian varies based on their “personal layers of vulnerability”
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