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Business leaders find innovative ways to help refugees in Thailand
4 May 2007 Visiting two refugee camps in Thailand, four top business leaders have been working with UNHCR to develop innovative ways to help refugees contribute to society rather than languish in refugee camps for decades. -
Top UNHCR official finds "progress overall" on visit to Thailand, Laos
3 May 2007 UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller applauds Thailand's issuance of identity cards for refugees, calls for more chances for refugees to work outside camps, and reports some progress towards ending the limbo of 155 Lao Hmong refugees in detention in Thailand. -
"Hallelujah": Myanmar refugees can now prove their identity in Thailand
12 Apr 2007 A US$1 million UNHCR programme provides Thai government identification cards to refugees in nine camps; the UN refugee agency hopes it's just the first step towards relaxing rules that have kept 140,000 refugees locked up for nearly two decades. -
Iraqi boy, far from home, gets a chance for a taller future
20 Mar 2007 Thanks to international pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, an Iraqi boy under the temporary protection of UNHCR in Bangkok now has a chance to overcome his hormone deficiency and begin growing normally. -
Lao Hmong deportation from Thailand put on hold
30 Jan 2007 Thailand put the deportation of 153 Lao Hmong refugees on hold after a group of male refugees resisted their removal from a detention centre and after repeated offers of resettlement by third countries were taken into account. -
UNHCR concerned about deportation of Lao Hmong from Thailand
26 Jan 2007 The UN refugee agency said it was concerned to learn about Thailand's deportation to Laos of 16 Lao Hmong who had not been screened to see if they needed international protection. -
Burmese innovator taps traditional knowledge to feed fellow refugees and protect the earth
8 Jan 2007 A refugee from Myanmar spends his time in exile running an experimental farm and demonstration garden on the hillside of his refugee camp in Thailand. He's determined to minimise the environmental damage caused by the refugees, and to boost their nutrition level through imaginative small-scale projects. -
In Thai camps, legal centres hold out hope for greater justice
22 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency has opened the first of seven planned legal assistance centres in refugee camps in Thailand, sparking hopes that tens of thousands of Burmese refugees will get greater justice for the rapes and other violent crimes that plague the closed camps. -
UNHCR concerned about deportation of 53 Lao Hmong from Thailand
16 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was seriously concerned about Thailand's deportation to Laos of 53 ethnic Hmong, including a newborn baby. The forced return of the group is tantamount to refoulement, contrary to international humanitarian law.