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NEWS ON MIGRANTS

Burglar enters Myanmar women’s dormitory but fails to rape them

NEWS ON REFUGEES

Thai government to provide education to refugee children

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NEWS ON MIGRANTS
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Burglar enters Myanmar women’s dormitory but fails to rape them

By LOH FOON FONG

KUALA LUMPUR: Seven Myanmar women factory workers were spared the ordeal of rape when a parang-wielding intruder broke into their hostel but could not get an erection.

The man entered the hostel at 2am when the women were fast asleep.

He woke them up before robbing them of their mobile phones and jewellery.

The women, who were all in their 20s, were later ordered to strip but his attempt to rape them was unsuccessful and he left soon after.

Terrified by the incident, the workers refused to continue living in the hostel in Taman Putri Wangsa in Johor Baru.

Myanmar embassy counsellor Ei Ei Tin said the embassy would provide temporary shelter for the women but it wanted the police to arrest the culprit.

“He has not been caught. He had a parang and ordered all of the women to surrender their money and to strip,” she told The Star.

The counsellor said the embassy was writing a letter to the Human Resources Ministry to look into the plight of Myanmar workers in Malaysia.

“We also want the workers to have a safe place and not have 30 people live in one dormitory,” she said.

The seven women who reported the case to the embassy had to live with more than 20 others in another dormitory and this caused a lot of discomfort and could pose a health risk, she said.

Tin urged the agents for foreign workers from Myanmar and their Malaysian counterparts to adhere to the laws in their treatment of workers.

There are 13,0731 registered Myanmar workers in the services, manufacturing and plantation sectors in the country.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/9/11/nation/4693097&sec=nation

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NEWS ON REFUGEES
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Thai government to provide education to refugee children

by Usa Pichai Thursday, 10 September 2009 14:30

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Thailand’s Ministry of Education is drawing up a proposal for the cabinet to initiate an education system for migrant, refugee and stateless children, according to the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI).

Weerawit Tienchainan, Director of the USCRI told Mizzima that currently the group is holding discussions with the Thai Minister of Education. The ministry will propose to the cabinet to start an education system for migrants, stateless children and refugee students from neighbouring countries.

“We discussed that the Thai government should take the responsibility for the education of the children in refugee camps along the Thailand-Burma border. The minister agreed to involve refugee children in the new education system, to be provided for every child in the country,” Tienchainan said.

Currently, education for refugee students in the camps is being provided by non-governmental organizations. The Thai government has been trying to organize short Thai-language courses but has failed to include children.

Chaiwut Bannawat, Thailand’s Deputy Education Minister insisted that “the new education policy of Thailand will provide every child in the kingdom with child and human rights principles.”

Chaiwut said the group includes stateless children, who are mostly tribal children living in the countryside, particularly in northern Thailand. These are children whose parents are migrant workers.

Chaiwut also thanked both national and international non-governmental organizations for taking care of these children. However, he urged the organizations to include local children around the camps and in the countryside, who need support to improve their quality of life.

He added that currently, the Ministry of Education is drafting a regulation for cabinet approval, which will provide equal education opportunity for every child in the country so that they can access public schooling without exception.

According to Weerawit currently there are about 70,000 refugees under the age of 18, who should be in schools.

“The Thai government’s initiative marks a significant progress,” he added.

However, Chumpon Srisang, Director of the Education Department in Tak province said there are several learning centres for migrant children in five districts of the province near the border, which are operating illegally.

While these centres take care of more than 10,000 students in the area, the government will decide to set up a system for these centres, and monitor the new regulations to bring these students to study in Thai public schools.

A report in a Thai news website, quoting the Education Department of Tak Province, said in Mae Sot district, opposite Burma’s Myawaddy, alone, there are more than a hundred learning centres.

http://mizzima.com/news/regional/2746-thai-government-to-provide-education-to-refugee-children.html

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http://khitpyaing.org/news/Sep09/100909a.php

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