1 - 10 of 13 results for "migrants"

  1. 1. news | 14 Jun 2013

    Myanmar to vet Rohingya migrants here

    FOREIGN AFFAIRS

    By Thanida Tansubhapol, Newspaper section: News

    » BALI, INDONESIA : The Myanmar government will next week begin a screening process to determine where about 2,000 Rohingya migrants now being sheltered in Thailand came from, Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul say...

  2. 2. opinion | 28 Apr 2013

    Raid on migrants needs an explanation

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » The raid carried out by the Department of Special Investigation and the Labour Ministry on Friday that detained around 2,000 migrant workers in a housing complex in Chon Buri requires an explanation from the government. ...

  3. 3. opinion | 03 May 2013

    Migrants need a better deal

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » Public health concerns are one of the main reasons why it is important to put in place an effective system to regulate migrant workers.

  4. 4. learning | 17 Jan 2013

    UN gains Rohingya access

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Thailand will allow the UN's refugee agency to visit nearly 850 Rohingya migrants detained after raids on hidden camps in the South.

  5. 5. learning | 28 Jan 2012

    Historic release

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Two children, together with their mother and a relative were released from the immigration detention centre yesterday in a case human rights workers hope is the start of a more humanitarian policy towards migrants.

  6. 6. learning | 31 May 2012

    Aung San Suu Kyi visits migrant workers

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The thousands of migrants workers gathered to see and listen to the Myanmar opposition leader clearly liked what they heard.

  7. 7. opinion | 31 May 2013

    Cut red tape for migrants

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » There are more than 2 million migrant workers in Thailand. The majority are undocumented. Despite the government's efforts to regularise their status _ formerly through annual registration and currently through the i...

  8. 8. news | 20 May 2013

    Mobiles a financial lifeline for migrants

    By AFP

    » Asia's mobile revolution is set to transform the region's financial services industry, offering a cheap way for millions of migrant workers to send money home to their families, a report said on Monday.

  9. 9. news | 13 Jun 2013

    Myanmar to screen Rohingya refugees

    By Thanida Tansubhapol

    » BALI - The Myanmar government will next week begin a process of screening the nationalities of about 2,000 Rohingya migrants now being sheltered in Thailand, Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said on Thursday.

  10. 10. news | 25 Apr 2013

    China migrants rush home to help quake-hit families

    By AFP

    » Moments after the start of his daily grind as a construction worker in northern China, Xia Donghai's world came crashing down with news that a terrifying earthquake had struck his hometown almost a thousand miles awa...

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