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CHIANG MAI, 31 August 2012 (IRIN) - China is forcing back thousands of Kachin refugees fleeing ethnic violence in northern Myanmar, activists and aid workers say.... |
Read more: IRIN Asia | MYANMAR: Kachin refugees feel Chinese heat | Myanmar
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BANGKOK, 30 August 2012 (IRIN) - Two local UN staff have been released after being sentenced in a Burmese court for involvement in sectarian violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, says the UN.... |
Read more: IRIN Asia | MYANMAR: Government frees two UN employees | Myanmar | Conflict | Governance
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COLOMBO, 30 August 2012 (IRIN) - The Sri Lankan government is to step up efforts to repatriate more Sri Lankan refugees from India next year.... |
Read more: IRIN Asia | SRI LANKA: Government welcomes refugee repatriation from India | Sri Lanka
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BANGKOK, 30 August 2012 (IRIN) - Two local UN staff have been released after being sentenced in a Burmese court for involvement in sectarian violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, says the UN.... |
Read more: IRIN Asia | MYANMAR: Government frees two UN employees | Myanmar | Conflict | Governance
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COLOMBO, 30 August 2012 (IRIN) - The Sri Lankan government is to step up efforts to repatriate more Sri Lankan refugees from India next year.... |
Read more: IRIN Asia | SRI LANKA: Government welcomes refugee repatriation from India | Sri Lanka
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RAMTHA/BEIRUT/DUBAI, 29 August 2012 (IRIN) - In Jordan and Lebanon, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has registered nearly 5,000 Palestinian refugees from the 17-month conflict in Syria. As both countries are already home to large Palestinian refugee populations, the newly arrived have become a political issue - with Palestinians feeling they are treated unfairly.... |
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ISIOLO, 29 August 2012 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have fled their homes amid renewed clashes between rival communities in Kenya's North Eastern Province, in which some 17 people were killed, according to officials. The violence follows a massacre earlier this month of 52 people in a coastal village in Tana River District.... |
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RAMTHA/BEIRUT/DUBAI, 29 August 2012 (IRIN) - In Jordan and Lebanon, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has registered nearly 5,000 Palestinian refugees from the 17-month conflict in Syria. As both countries are already home to large Palestinian refugee populations, the newly arrived have become a political issue - with Palestinians feeling they are treated unfairly.... |
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ISIOLO, 29 August 2012 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have fled their homes amid renewed clashes between rival communities in Kenya's North Eastern Province, in which some 17 people were killed, according to officials. The violence follows a massacre earlier this month of 52 people in a coastal village in Tana River District.... |
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