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Refugees
Foreign Correspondence
Detained Christians in Thailand: ASEAN’s Latest Refugee Issue
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Southeast Asia, with its ten countries squeezed into an area half the size of China and a volatile mix of politics and old-fashioned hatreds, has no shortage of issues with refugees, […]
Foreign Correspondence
ASEAN’s Refugee Embarrassment
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — The plight of thousands of Rohingya stuck on rickety boats after fleeing their homes in Myanmar is quite possibly the greatest embarrassment ASEAN has ever faced. And the reality is the 10-nation trading […]
Foreign Correspondence
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young slams government’s Cambodia refugee plan
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Australian Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young, says she has hardened her opposition to the Abbott government’s resettlement of refugees in Cambodia after touring slums in the riverside capital Phnom Penh, declaring the […]
Foreign Correspondence
UN Hopes to End Statelessness Must Focus on ASEAN
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — The United Nations has set an ambitious target, to end statelessness and the legal limbo that goes with it for at least 10 million people worldwide by 2025. It’s a decision […]