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NEWS ON REFUGEES

World Refugee Day observed in Mae Sot

Over 50 Rohingya pushed back to Burma

DONATED DRY FOOD TO WAR REFUGEE

 

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NEWS ON REFUGEES
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World Refugee Day observed in Mae Sot

by Usa Pichai    Friday, 26 June 2009 16:20

Chiang Mai (mizzima) – The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and related organizations have held activities in honor of World Refugee Day in Mae Sot, a Thai-Burma border town, with the aim of raising awareness and understanding among the Thai population of the vast Burmese migrant and refugee population in the area.

Yoshimi Saita, head of the UNHCR field office in Mae Sot, said in her opening remarks on Wednesday that there is a continuous flow of refugees crossing from Burma into Thailand, particularly, at the moment, those fleeing ongoing fighting in Burma’s Thasongyang District. “We thank the Thai government for not forcing those villagers to return home,” he said, according to a report in the Thai newspaper Komchadluek on Thursday.

An NGO worker in Tak told Mizzima that activities were organized for two days, June 24th and 25th, with various activities to raise awareness and understanding of local people about refugees.

Tak Province, which includes Mae Sot, is home to some half-dozen refugee camps, servicing primarily a Karen population. The camps are home to over 100,000 people.

The events also aimed to provide information about the organizations that work with refugees about what they do and how they operate. Additionally, there was a photo exhibition on the conditions and problems refugees are facing.

Recently, an Assumption University poll found a lack of knowledge on the part of the Thai population concerning the refugee problem and the role of organizations such as the UNHCR in addressing the situation.

The study, conducted in June, 2009, found a majority confused about the status of refugees, with nearly three-quarters believing refugees are like illegal migrant workers, compared to barely over 20 percent who understood they are people who have fled from war or other risks and recognized by international refugee organizations.

Dr. Noppadol Kannika, Director of the Assumption University Poll Research Center, said that a majority of those sampled are of the opinion that the Thai government, ASEAN and UN are not acting effectively enough to address the refugee problem.

Noppadol added: “It is about 60 years now that Thailand has not signed the UN Convention on Refugee Status, causing refugees in Thailand to not fully receive their basic human rights, such as education and health services and the right to find a job. In contrast, illegal migrants have more rights than the refugees, prompting many refugees to flee from the camps, with some ending up as victims of human traffickers.”

He recommends that the Thai government, ASEAN and the UN raise the profile of refugees during the next ASEAN meeting and seek to construct a practical strategy to confront the problem.

First observed in 2001, World Refugee Day falls on June 20th.

 

http://mizzima.com/news/regional/2364-world-refugee-day-observed-in-mae-sot.html

 

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Over 50 Rohingya pushed back to Burma

Saturday, 27 June 2009 15:41

 

Teknaf, Bangladesh: More than 50 Rohingya were pushed back to Burma this week by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), according to a BDR source from Teknaf.

On Friday, 40 Rohingya ethnic minorities from Burma travelling in two boats were arrested by BDR on Sharpurdip in the morning. They were detained till noon and the men were beaten up.  On receiving information, local people from the village went to the spot and requested the BDR personnel to release the Rohingya and send them back to their home land, said Sanmeah from Sharpurdip.

On Sunday, 12 Rohingya were arrested at the Whykong check post while they were proceeding to Chittagong or Cox’s Bazaar for treatment and other purposes. They were unable to process legal papers in Burma given their financial situation and came following an understanding with the Burmese border security forces (Nasaka). The BDR personnel pushed back them in the evening to Burma.

On Thursday, five Rohingya were arrested by the police in Lama in the Bandarban Hill district when they crossed the border. But, there is no information about them being pushed back, said an elder from Lama.

In Burma, the Rohingya community is discriminated against by the ruling junta. The Rohingya try to escape harassment by the authorities. They give money to cross the border from the Nasaka outpost where they pay 7000 kyats per head. This is how they illegally enter Bangladesh. The BDR arrest Rohingya while crossing the border, riding buses on the highway enroute to Teknaf-Cox’s Bazaar, and at the check post. Then the BDR personnel push them back to Burma, said a student who comes to Bangladesh for treatment.

If any Rohingya wishes to cross the border legally, he or she must get a border pass which costs 35,000 kyats, pay 7000 kyats for boat fare and 200 Taka in Teknaf for stamping papers in the entry point. So, the Rohingya are unable to process the border pass, said a trader from Maungdaw who always comes to Bangladesh for business purposes.

 

http://www.kaladanpress.org/v3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2031:over-50-rohingya-pushed-back-to-burma&catid=104:june-2009&Itemid=2

 

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DONATED DRY FOOD TO WAR REFUGEE

Monday, 29 June 2009 06:38

 

he FED (GHRE)’s Mae Sod branch staffs went and donated dry food to newly arrived war refugees who are running from their homeland by the offensive of Burmese military troops.

 

On 16th of this month, the GHRE’s staffs went to the temporary shelter with assistant of two Karen men and observed the situation and needs and on 17th, the staffs bought approximately 12,000 baths of rice, cooking oil and salt and donated to those refugees.

Two-hundred families of 1044 people came to refuge in the area.

 

“Because of emergency need, we donated those dry foods as for humanitarian charity”. Byana head of GHRE’s Mae Sod branch said.

 

He again added: “Because of emergency needs, we urgently went and gave some assistance for humanitarian aid but not (as part of) a plan or regular program. We offered for those who want to donate especially for those who refuge near Mae Eu Su, a Thai-Karen village”.

 

He also mentioned that he would like to see the Thai Government not push them back occasionally and give more protection instead.  “Recently there should be provided basic food and clothes. Thai Government should not to push them back occasionally and should recognize them as war refugees and give more protection because these people could be arrested and tortured and may be used in battle field where endangered for their lives if they are forced to back across the border to Burma again.”

 

For two weeks, the  Burmese military backed Democratic Karen Baddish Alliance (DKBA) offensive against to KNU has caused heavy fighting along the Thai-Burma border and because of those battles almost over 3000 Karen refugees passed Border and refuge in Thai soil.

 

http://www.ghre.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=225:donated-dry-food-to-war-refugee&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=70

 

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http://www.ghre.org/mm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=333:2009-06-26-11-09-22&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=54

 

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