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In Thailand, birth registration gives refugee babies a good start in life
24 Sep 2012 In an important step to prevent statelessness, Thailand has issued birth certificates to some 5,000 newborns in refugee camps along the border with Myanmar. -
UNHCR concerned about welfare of Kachins sent back from China
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UNHCR urges Bangladesh to lift NGO ban in southeast
7 Aug 2012 Spokesman warns of serious humanitarian impact on 40,000 people who have fled from Myanmar -
High Commissioner for Refugees wraps up mission to Myanmar, Thailand
13 Jul 2012 UNHCR finds wide support for only voluntary return of refugees from Thailand to Myanmar -
UNHCR delivers aid to thousands in Myanmar's remote Kachin state
26 Mar 2012 A rare UN road convoy takes urgently needed aid to forcibly displaced people in rebel-held Kachin territory. -
Q&A: Top UNHCR official optimistic after "significant" visit to Myanmar
13 Dec 2011 Erika Feller visited Myanmar to meet top officials and to review UNHCR operations in the south-east. She also met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. -
From oil to toil, Thai worker leaves Ethiopia camp with UNHCR help
12 Dec 2011 When Thai citizen Buntha Mkewyu started working for an oil company in Sudan, the last thing he expected was to flee conflict and land in a refugee camp. -
Thailand's epic floods no barrier to service
9 Nov 2011 UNHCR staff in Bangkok, many forced to leave their own homes by the worst floods in half a century, continue to serve refugees. -
Statelessness Q&A: Chronicling the pain of the world's stateless
20 Sep 2011 Award-wining photographer Greg Constantine tells how meeting North Korean refugees in 2005 turned into a project that has consumed six years of his life.