refugees



STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 19, 2018 • 5 min read

Asylum protection officer ‘In Thailand we treat refugees like tourists’

By Janelle Retka • Nov 19, 2018
Nestled on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, the Mae Tao Clinic, in the Thai town of Mae Sot, has given desperately needed healthcare services to the thousands of ethnic minority refugees fleeing military crackdowns in their homeland for more than three decades

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 14, 2018 • 3 min read

Social Enterprise Food for thought

By Thomas Brent • Aug 14, 2018
Using the culinary expertise of refugees, a catering project in Malaysia is hoping to not only improve lives, but also to break down barriers and change discriminatory attitudes

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 12, 2018 • 7 min read

Rohingya crisis Refugees’ uncertain road to repatriation

By Musaazi Namiti • Mar 12, 2018
A campaign of state-orchestrated violence has seen Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority fleeing their homes into neighbouring Bangladesh. The countries are talking of repatriating the refugees, but is such a move feasible?

Feb 21, 2018 • 7 min read
Rohingya refugees

Letters from Arakan

A collection of touching personal accounts by Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh
By Adib Chowdhury • Feb 21, 2018

Nov 24, 2017 • 3 min read
Myanmar-Bangladesh agreement

Thousands of fleeing Rohingya could be forced back to Rakhine State

The Myanmar and Bangladeshi governments have announced that they will begin repatriating Muslim Rohingya back to Myanmar within two months, amid concerns of the safety and sustainability of such a scheme
By Madeleine Keck • Nov 24, 2017

Oct 25, 2016 • 4 min read
Deportees

Torn apart

The US has deported more than 500 former refugees back to Cambodia for criminal activity. Southeast Asia Globe tells the story of Ly Hov Kol, who has found himself living in a land he barely knows, far away from his family
By Navet Tab • Oct 25, 2016