Experts fear a return of the kind of desperation that fed the 2015 boat crisis as the storms hit Bangladesh’s coast. BANGKOK, Thailand – Torrential rains along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border are threatening to make an already grim situation for the nearly…
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Rohingya Refugees are Rushing to Escape Monsoon Season
Tagged with: Bangladesh, displacement, human rights, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Protection, Thailand
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Life in Bali’s Evacuation Centres for People with Disabilities
A 2017 National Labour Force Survey cited 21 million working age people with disabilities in Indonesia. The University of Indonesia states PwDs are 4.2 per cent of the population. Millions of tourists flock to Bali every year making it one…
Tagged with: Bali, disability, human rights, Indonesia, Mount Agung, People with disabilities, volcano
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Indonesia’s Rohingya Refugees to Resettle to the U.S. or Remain?
In an archipelago with more islands than refugees, Indonesia is looking at ways to provide education, health and housing to its 13,800 registered refugees and asylum seekers. But advocates argue accessing livelihoods is the biggest unmet need. MEDAN, Indonesia – Muhammad…
Tagged with: asylum seekers, education, housing, human rights, Indonesia, Refugees, Rohingya
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Refugees in Indonesia told assimilate but not settle
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Fatema Barbari tears up as she recounts how police forced her family and 50 other refugees to flee a makeshift camp outside the immigration detention center in Jakarta, Indonesia’s sprawling capital. “They ordered us to leave at…
Tagged with: Assimilation, human rights, Indonesia, Jakarta, Refugee detention, Refugees
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