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  • The Netherlands: Halt Plan to Deport Somalis
    Feb 21, 2013

    The Dutch government should not deport Somalis to any part of south-central Somalia, including Mogadishu, until security improves substantially, and the UN refugee agency has issued new guidelines.

  • Thailand: Don’t Deport Rohingya ‘Boat People’
    Jan 2, 2013

    The Thai government should immediately halt its plan to deport 73 ethnic Rohingya back to Burma.

  • Australia: End Offshore Transfer of Migrant Children
    Nov 24, 2012
    The Australian government should immediately stop transfers of migrant children - including unaccompanied migrant children and child asylum seekers - to offshore processing sites in Manus Island of Papua New Guinea, and Nauru.
  • EU, as peacemaker, should welcome those fleeing war
    Oct 17, 2012
    Human Rights Watch gives its view of the award of the Nobel peace prize to the European Union.
  • Thailand: Refugee Policies Ad Hoc and Inadequate
    Sep 13, 2012

    Thailand’s policies governing refugees on its soil are making them vulnerable to arbitrary and abusive treatment despite the country’s decades of experience as host for millions of refugees.

  • Giving refugees hope beyond the camps
    Sep 9, 2012

    After years of seemingly never-ending conflict and repression, Myanmar's neighbours and the world are watching the changes there with interest and cautious optimism. And for the 140,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand, many stuck in camps on the border for decades, there is now some hope that they might be able to go home.

  • Somaliland: Stop Deporting Ethiopian Refugees
    Sep 4, 2012

    The Somaliland authorities should immediately stop deporting Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers to Ethiopia. On August 31, 2012, dozens of Ethiopians, mostly women and children, were forcibly returned to Ethiopia in violation of international legal prohibitions against sending people to places where they might face persecution or threats to their lives.

  • China: Refugees Forcibly Returned to Burma
    Aug 24, 2012

    China should stop its forced returns of thousands of ethnic Kachin refugees to northern Burma, where they are at risk from armed hostilities, Burmese army abuses, and lack of aid.

  • Australia: ‘Pacific Solution’ Redux
    Aug 17, 2012

    The Australian parliament’s swift approval of an “offshore processing” law marks a shift in refugee policy that appears arbitrary and discriminatory on its face.

  • EU: Needless Deaths in the Mediterranean
    Aug 16, 2012
    Rescue operations in the Mediterranean are hampered by poor coordination, disputes over responsibility, disincentives for commercial vessels to conduct rescues, and an emphasis on border enforcement, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper published today.
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