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• Dr. Cynthia Maung :”Mae Tao clinic needs emergency funds”

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  by Nem Davies Tuesday, 01 December 2009 18:29 New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Mae Tao clinic, which offers free medical service in Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border to all Burmese people, needs emergency funding, Dr. Cynthia Maung who runs it said. (and her birthday is 6.December) An increasing number of migrants and ...
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• Death on the Border: Who’s the Criminal Here?

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 648
  As a community of faith and conscience in Southern Arizona, we have seen more than a decade of deadly border enforcement, free trade, and immigration policies destroying habitat and home for many. We have seen far too many tears on…
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• 95 Trafficking Victims Freed in Thailand

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  Ninety-five Burmese migrants, who were trafficked into Thailand from Burma by gangs, were freed from captivity this week when police and human rights activists raided houses in southern Thailand. The migrants are currently being held at a military base while Thai authorities try to round up members of the trafficking ...
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• Thai businesses hurt by controversial migrant legislation

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  by Usa Pichai Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:26 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Confusion over Nationality Verification legislation for Burmese migrant workers is sewing fear in business owners of a potential shortage in labor. Jeerasak Sukhonthachart, of Thailand’s Department of Employment, and officials from the Burmese ...
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• Twelve of fifty-eight migrant sex workers rescued from a boat landing along the Burma coast in southern Thailand were found to be HIV-positive.

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  Kaowao November 28, 2009 Twelve of fifty-eight migrant sex workers rescued from a boat landing along the Burma coast in southern Thailand were found to be HIV-positive. Most are ethnic women from Mon State, Burma, said a social worker Ko Winn Paing based in Ranong, Thailand. “They were sold for prostitution from ...
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• Pope: Child refugees face ’serious hardships’

  
  Interfaith — Authority: 127
  Children forced to flee their homeland to seek asylum in another country often face “serious hardships and difficulties”, the Pope said this week. The number of child refugees is on the increase, and rich countries around the world need to do more to respond to the needs of this vulnerable group, the Pontiff ...
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• Man charged with people smuggling

  
  Mission & Justice — Authority: 151
  30/11/09; See: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/man-charged-with-people-smuggling/story-fn3dxiwe-1225804727392An Indonesian man is the third to be charged over an attempt to smuggle more than 50 people into Australia. Two Indonesian nationals, aged 32 and 18, were charged on Wednesday with people ...
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• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
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• Climate change threatens to push more Bangladeshis into India

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Sahil MakkarDhaka, Nov 29 (IANS) Many people from coastal areas of Bangladesh forced out of their homes by the effects of climate change have started migrating towards already over-populated and infrastructure-crippled cities - and to India for their survival.“The climate refugees are moving towards cities. After ...
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• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
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• Drivers arrested for rape of up to 70 women

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  A taxi driver, who allegedly raped 40 women, and another man posing as a rental bike driver who also allegedly raped about 30 women, have been arrested by Thai police intelligence at Patonthani Township, Southern Thailand. The taxi driver, aged approximately 30 years, drove a green colored taxi within the Patonthani ...
  3 days ago

• Fish box factory raided by Immigration

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:10 Several Burmese migrant workers, including two children aged about 10 years, were arrested and sent to the IDC main prison by Immigration officials this morning, following an earlier raid at the Fish Box Factory. The factory is located near Banbaw Railway Station, on the Phalansoung ...
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• Kerala migrants will cope up with the Dubai financial crisis, say experts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 28 (ANI): In the wake of crisis in the Dubai World conglomerate, Thomas Isaac, the State Finance Minister said that Kerela would be the worst hit if construction activities in Dubai are affected. Whereas the experts claim that the migrants of the state are able to cope up with the crisis.Dubai ...
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• The other side of Malaysia

  
  anilnetto.com — Authority: 471
  This is a side of Malaysia you don’t often see, a world hidden out of sight. Here, we get a peek at the sad conditions inside an immigration detention centre. Great journalism by the Aljazeera team.
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• Migrant workers: No meddling in Thai politics

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  FRIDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2009 14:31 HSENG KHIO FAH In response to widespread reports saying that Burmese migrants may join the anti-government rally in Thailand, Chiangmai based Shan workers organizations said that they have a strict policy not to intervene in their host country’s internal affairs because they are only ...
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• Improve Your Credit History with a Prepaid Credit Card

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 153
  If you are digit of the jillions of grouping in the UK who have a slummy credit story or have CCJ’s or essentially a perverse strikingness which means that you are struggling to intend a credit card, provide or mortgage, you already undergo that you are not alone. The drawing are boost enhanced by migrants [...]
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• 164 arrested in Peshawar crackdown

  
  Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News — Authority: 456
  PESHAWAR: At least 164 illegal Afghan migrants have been arrested during operation against criminals and illegal Afghan immigrants in Peshawar.
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• Underground Mon Migrant Union Frees Female Migrants

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  November 26, 2009 WCRP: An Underground Mon Migrant Union, which operates in southern Thailand, has freed several migrant women. According to the Union’s advisor, the organization was established in 2002 to protect Mon migrant workers, although recently it has been focusing efforts on rescuing endangered Mon women. ...
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• Fear of migrants joining anti-Thai government protests

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  by Usa Pichai Thursday, 26 November 2009 12:04 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Apprehensive that Burmese migrant workers may join anti-government demonstrations, Thai officials have imposed restrictions along the border. Lt Gen Thanongsak Apirakyothin, Commander of the Thai Third Army said on Wednesday that the army has ...
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• About 62 Burmese migrants who work at the Night Bazaar in Chiang Mai were arrested on Tuesday as part of a security sweep prior to Prime Minister Abhisit

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  About 62 Burmese migrants who work at the Night Bazaar in Chiang Mai were arrested on Tuesday, reportedly as part of a security sweep prior to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s two-day visit to Chiang Mai starting on November 28. Aung Toe, 40, a Burmese migrant, told The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, “They arrested ...
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