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| Dec.27 |
Thailand |
Thailand deport Hmong refugees to Laos| Thailand has begun deporting about 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to communist Laos, despite international concerns for their safety | |
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| Nov.9 |
Cambodia |
Former Thai PM lands in Cambodia Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has landed in Phnom Penh to take up a job as economic adviser to the government
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| Aug.30 |
Southern China |
Myanmar refugees flood into China Thousands of refugees poured across the border into southern China at the end of the week to escape fighting there
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| Feb.26 |
Thailand |
Boat people to be sent back to Myanmar Scores of people who fled Myanmar are to be sent back despite human rights groups' concerns they could be tortured or killed upon return
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| Feb.12 |
Thailand |
PM admits refugees pushed out to sea Thai prime minister suspects there were 'some instances' in which authorities pushed Myanmar's Rohingya boat people out to sea
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| Feb.7 |
Thailand |
Jolie asks Thailand to aid refugees| Angelina Jolie has asked Thai government to permit greater freedom for thousands of refugees stuck in camps after fleeing neighboring Myanmar | |
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| Feb.2 |
Indonesia |
200 Myanmar refugees found| Indonesian authorities found some 200 refugees off of the west coast who said they had been drifting in a wooden boat for three weeks | |
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| Jan.27 |
Thailand |
More refugees arrive amid abuse claims| A new boatload of Rohingya refugees washed up on the shores, raising questions about the type of treatment they would receive | |
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| Jan.22 |
Thailand |
Lawmakers probe refugee abuse Thai lawmakers were probing 'very alarming' reports about its troops abusing and casting out members of a Muslim minority group
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| Jan.16 |
Thailand |
Thailand denies whipping refugees The military has denied abusing refugee boat-people from Myanmar after claims some were whipped on a beach after being towed at to sea
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| Oct.11 |
Aceh |
Jubilant return for tsunami province rebel Thousands of people greeted the founder of separatist rebel movement upon his return to the province following three decades in exile
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| Aug.24 |
Beijing |
China deports US Tibet protesters China has deported 8 Americans detained in Beijing last week for demonstrating during the Olympic Games
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| Apr.9 |
Thailand |
54 Myanmar migrants suffocate in freezer Map of Ranong Thailand The bodies of migrant workers were found on the back of a truck. 67 other migrants were alive inside the freezer
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| Dec.24 |
Hong Kong |
Thaksin considers Thailand return Former Thai PM, who was forced from power by a military coup more than a year ago, says he is considering returning home from exile
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| Feb.28 |
Malaysia |
Migrant round-up Malaysia has begun to deport illegal migrants following the end of a 4-month amnesty
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| Jul.26 |
South Korea |
N Korean defectors flown to Seoul More than 200 refugees have been flown from an unnamed third country
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| Jan.30 |
Cambodia |
Frightened Thais Flee After Night of Riots Military aircraft evacuated hundreds from Phnom Penh on Thursday after Thai embassy and businesses were torched
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| Oct.14 |
Japan |
Kidnapped Japanese arrive home 5 Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s have arrived for a short visit
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| Sep.10 |
Beijing |
North Koreans allowed to leave China A group of 15 asylum seekers spent more than a week holed up in a German diplomatic compound
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| Sep.8 |
South Korea |
Family reunion meeting place to set up The agreement was reached during 3 days of talks between the Red Cross chiefs of the two Koreas
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| Sep.3 |
Beijing |
Asylum-seekers storm compound 15 North Korean nationals climbed over a wall surrounding German diplomatic compound
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| Oct.22 |
Indonesia |
Hundreds of refugees drown 350 mainly Iraqi migrants have drowned off Java. 400 people have been on board the boat
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