Refugees

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What do you think of when you hear the word "refugee"? For many people, what comes to mind is vulnerability--you might imagine the grim conditions of a refugee camp or the dangers of the desperate journey to safety. So perhaps it's unsurprising that refugees are widely perceived to be especially…

PUTRAJAYA: Two document forgery syndicates masterminded by Myanmar nationals and targeting ethnic Rohingya and Arakan Muslims, were crippled in an Immigration Department operation in the Jalan Lebuh Pudu area, Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Immigration director-general, Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud (pix) said the syndicates were believed to have been in operation for…

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has seen fewer migrants and refugees arriving from Turkey, numbering in the hundreds in the last four months, mainly due to increased border checks and partly due to the coronavirus pandemic, a government minister said on Tuesday.But Turkey is “a difficult and unpredictable neighbour that controls…

PETALING JAYA: The government has been urged to subsidise the cost of reusable cloth face masks to ease the financial burden on those in the lower income group. Klang MP Charles Santiago said having to buy face masks daily would be a financial strain on the B40 group. He said…

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government on Thursday received one hundred and fifty-eight Nigerian migrants from Niamey, Niger Republic. The officials of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, and the National Emergency Management Agency received the 158…

It didn’t take long for authoritarianism to arrive in Hong Kong after China took its largest step toward annexing the island territory since the United Kingdom ceded control in 1997. Now, the fear is palpable—citizens are comparing the air of repression to the cultural revolution, and professors are being fired…

University of Windsor law professor Vasanthi Venkatesh says a new ruling made by the Federal Court of Canada this week will make it easier for those looking to apply for refugee status at Canadian borders. Assistant law professor Vasanthi Venkatesh said the decision is 'momentous' and will make it easier for…

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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…