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Deportation of Lao Hmong must stop: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
28 Dec 2009 With Thailand having started the forced return of Lao Hmong to Laos, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called for an immediate halt to deportations. -
Urban refugee women teach themselves knitting - and self-confidence
7 Dec 2009 Far from home, ethnic Chin refugee women from Myanmar are supporting themselves in Malaysia’s towns and cities in safety and dignity. -
Asian civil society mobilizes in support of refugee rights
12 Oct 2009 Non-governmental organizations from 19 Asian and Pacific countries meet in Bangkok to plot advocacy for greater refugee rights. -
Q&A: A humble rice farmer from Cambodia teaches reconciliation
17 Sep 2009 Film-maker Stanley Harper explains how a Cambodian matriarch and her divided family claimed 18 years of his life – and have something to tell the world. -
Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand camps hits 50,000 mark
30 Jun 2009 A 23-year-old ethnic Karenni school teacher becomes the 50,000th Myanmar refugee to leave Thailand under the world's largest resettlement programme. -
New school gives Rohingya refugee children hope for a bright future
29 May 2009 Children who couldn't even write or count to 10 are now dreaming of becoming engineers and office workers thanks to a UNHCR-funded refugee school. -
UNHCR self-reliance programme helps empower Ivoirian refugee
30 Mar 2009 Ouattara Madoussou has been resettled in Canada. But she will stay in touch with Indonesian friends through an internet business set up with UNHCR help. -
UNHCR to upgrade its mission in Myanmar
12 Mar 2009 High Commissioner António Guterres announces plans to upgrade UNHCR's operations in Myanmar at the end of a five-day mission to the country that included visits to northern Rakhine State and the south-east. -
Shedding new light on refugee women's safety in Bangladesh
19 Feb 2009 Installation of more than 100 solar-powered lights in two refugee camps in Bangladesh means women and girls can use sanitation facilities without fear.