UN calls on Burma to urgently address Rohingya grievances

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday there's much to be done to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of crimes against Muslim Rohingyas in Burma. (Reuters)

• By ASSOCIATED PRESS
• 27 September 2013

A group of Western and Asian governments are lauding Burma’s progress toward democracy but warning outbreaks of communal violence could undermine the reforms.

Foreign ministers meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly said in a statement that Burma urgently needs to address the political and economic grievances of the Rohingyas, including the question of their citizenship.

Getting refugees to fill labour needs

By HARIATI AZIZAN

sunday@thestar.com.my

Roughing it out: Many refugees welcome the government’s proposal to allow them to work legally while they await resettlement to a third country or voluntary repatriation. Seen here are Myanmar refugees Htet Thiri (left), 25, and Than Than, 42, who are eagerly awaiting that day.

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Plans are underway for the Home Affairs Ministry to make work legal for refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia.


THE job could not be better – apart from the good wage, food, accommodation and transport are provided. With jobs hard to come by for refugees, Somali refugee Ahmed* and friends were grateful.
Come payday, however, their “dream job” became a nightmare. Instead of getting paid, Ahmed and friends were slapped with a bill for their food and accommodation.

Refuge for the Refugees Awareness Campaign & Roadshow

Refuge for the Refugees Awareness Campaign & Roadshow

Join the Refuge for the Refugees awareness campaign & roadshow to learn more about refugees and find out how you can help to make a difference for the unlucky one.


Date/Time :
15 & 22 September 2013, 10am - 10pm

Venue :
- 15 September @ IPC Shopping Centre (opposite Sasa, Lower Ground)
- 22 September @ Tropicana City Mall (next to studio lounge, Ground Floor)


* For more information please contact : Heidy Quah - 012-307 3714 / Andrea Prisha - 012-254 7853 - See more at: http://www.eamo.my/details--1600/refuge-for-the-refugees-awareness-campaign-and-roadshow#sthash.0jxvx69t.dpuf

Join the Refuge for the Refugees awareness campaign & roadshow to learn more about refugees and find out how you can help to make a difference for the unlucky one.


Date/Time :
15 & 22 September 2013, 10am - 10pm

Venue :
- 15 September @ IPC Shopping Centre (opposite Sasa, Lower Ground)
- 22 September @ Tropicana City Mall (next to studio lounge, Ground Floor)


* For more information please contact : Heidy Quah - 012-307 3714 / Andrea Prisha - 012-254 7853 - See more at: http://www.eamo.my/details--1600/refuge-for-the-refugees-awareness-campaign-and-roadshow#sthash.0jxvx69t.dpuf

See the links: http://www.eamo.my/details--1600/refuge-for-the-refugees-awareness-campaign-and-roadshow

Join the Refuge for the Refugees awareness campaign & roadshow to learn more about refugees and find out how you can help to make a difference for the unlucky one.


Date/Time :
15 & 22 September 2013, 10am - 10pm

Venue :
- 15 September @ IPC Shopping Centre (opposite Sasa, Lower Ground)
- 22 September @ Tropicana City Mall (next to studio lounge, Ground Floor)


* For more information please contact : Heidy Quah - 012-307 3714 / Andrea Prisha - 012-254 7853 - See more at: http://www.eamo.my/details--1600/refuge-for-the-refugees-awareness-campaign-and-roadshow#sthash.0jxvx69t.dpuf

Join the Refuge for the Refugees awareness campaign & roadshow to learn more about refugees and find out how you can help to make a difference for the unlucky one.


Date/Time :
15 & 22 September 2013, 10am - 10pm

Venue :
- 15 September @ IPC Shopping Centre (opposite Sasa, Lower Ground)
- 22 September @ Tropicana City Mall (next to studio lounge, Ground Floor)


* For more information please contact : Heidy Quah - 012-307 3714 / Andrea Prisha - 012-254 7853

Disclaimer :

- See more at: http://www.eamo.my/details--1600/refuge-for-the-refugees-awareness-campaign-and-roadshow#sthash.0jxvx69t.dpuf

Join the Refuge for the Refugees awareness campaign & roadshow to learn more about refugees and find out how you can help to make a difference for the unlucky one.


Date/Time :
15 & 22 September 2013, 10am - 10pm

Venue :
- 15 September @ IPC Shopping Centre (opposite Sasa, Lower Ground)
- 22 September @ Tropicana City Mall (next to studio lounge, Ground Floor)


* For more information please contact : Heidy Quah - 012-307 3714 / Andrea Prisha - 012-254 7853

Disclaimer :

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Join the Refuge for the Refugees awareness campaign & roadshow to learn more about refugees and find out how you can help to make a difference for the unlucky one.


Date/Time :
15 & 22 September 2013, 10am - 10pm

Venue :
- 15 September @ IPC Shopping Centre (opposite Sasa, Lower Ground)
- 22 September @ Tropicana City Mall (next to studio lounge, Ground Floor)


* For more information please contact : Heidy Quah - 012-307 3714 / Andrea Prisha - 012-254 7853

Disclaimer :

- See more at: http://www.eamo.my/details--1600/refuge-for-the-refugees-awareness-campaign-and-roadshow#sthash.0jxvx69t.dpuf

UNHCR mobile registration exercise for migrants

KUALA LUMPUR (UNHCR): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is undertaking a Mobile Registration exercise for unregistered asylum-seekers in Malaysia.

This exercise will be held in stages, in several locations across Malaysia, and will take place from 2 September 2013 through to the end of the year/early 2014.

The purpose of this exercise is to register some populations of unregistered asylum seekers found to be in need of international protection.

Only unregistered asylum-seekers who are already in Malaysia and whose names are already on UNHCR’s list will be registered during this exercise.

The persons who are on the list will be contacted directly by UNHCR and will be given a Code and information on where they should go for the exercise.

219 Rohingya found on Satun coast

• Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 21.49

SATUN ― Villagers rescued 219 Rohingya migrants after their ship ran aground in shallow water off the coast in tambon Khon Klann of Thung Wa district on Wednesday evening.

All of the passengers on the ship were male.

One of the Rohingya men said that the ship left Myanmar about two weeks ago to travel to Malaysia. Speaking through an interpreter, Prapan Khaodee, a kamnan of tambon Khon Klann, he added that their food and water supplies had run out nine days ago, forcing them to drink sea water.

Desperate Rohingya not waiting for safe sailing season to flee Myanmar

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian in Phuket

Rohingya Muslims gather on a street in Sittwe, Myanmar. Photo: Reuters

The influx of Rohingya refugees to Thailand has begun early this year, with a boatload landing yesterday in the country's south - the first of what's likely to be thousands of new arrivals from Myanmar.
The so-called safe sailing season usually does not start until October but yesterday's landing of 219 men at a beach in Satun province indicates the desperation of fleeing Rohingya.

First Rohingya arrive in southern Thailand by boat before sailing season

A boat with more than 200 Rohingya men onboard has been found at a beach in southern Thailand, after fleeing ongoing and escalating violence at home.

The Phuketwan Tourism News reports that the men were found on a beach in Satun province, with thousands more expected to follow in coming months.

The boat has arrived well ahead of what is considered as the safe sailing season, which is only due to start in late October.

Three other boats are reported to have set off from Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state but their locations are unknown.