Refugees

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian high court spared 27 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar from caning on Wednesday, their lawyer said, setting aside a lower court’s sentence following an outcry from human rights activists. The Rohingya men were among 40 refugees convicted last month by a magistrates court on…

Bede Hong Updated 2 weeks ago · Published on 22 Jul 2020 2:11PM · 0 Comments Share this article × Copy URL THE Alor Setar High Court withdrew a caning sentence today for 27 Rohingya refugees who were to receive three strokes of the rotan for illegal entry. Justice Arik…

Updated 2 weeks ago · Published on 22 Jul 2020 12:02PM · MALAYSIA authorities should stop prosecuting Rohingya refugees for illegal entry and ensure that they are protected in accordance with international law, Human Rights Watch said today. At least 40 ethnic Rohingya who were picked up from a boat…

Aminah Farid Updated 3 weeks ago · Published on 22 Jul 2020 11:00AM · Evacuated Rohingya refugees from Myanmar sit on the shorelines of Lancok village, Aceh. They were heading for Malaysia when their rickety wooden boat capsized off the coast of Sumatra. – AFP pic, July 22, 2020. PUTRAJAYA…

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WHO Turkey implementing Partner Doctors Worldwide Pelşin Ülgen, a psychosocial services expert from the Istanbul Refugee Health Training Centre For many refugees who have fled from war-torn Syria to Turkey, the European Union-funded Refugee Health Training Centres remain a vital access point to primary health care. But the Centres saw…

Updated 3 months ago · Published on 20 Jul 2020 6:10PM · Deputy Home Minister I Ismail Mohamed Said says refugee status is not given out easily by UNHCR to avoid abuse by unscrupulous parties. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 20, 2020. THE government’s priority is safety and…

“Perhaps one of the most important steps that we took in our response to COVID-19 has been engaging refugees and migrants inside the centres across the country,” says Aref Bandary, a doctor and cultural mediator originally from Iran working in the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration (SCRM) in Belgrade,…

The United Nations Security Council on Saturday adopted a resolution that leaves only one of two border crossings open for aid deliveries from Turkey into Syria.“The veto is against us,” Mustafa Alkaser told NBC News from a refugee camp in Syria's northwestern Idlib province.“It’s against the refugees, against the free…

Crikey readers have their say on tearing down statues, 20 years of the GST, and welcoming Hong Kong refugees.A recently defaced statue of Captain Cook (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)Earlier this week, Toby Ralph asked about the wisdom of tearing down statues, and Crikey subscribers responded. You also had your say on…