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June 20th is World Refugee Day. The refugees from Burma are starting a letter writing campaign this week, to appeal to the Malaysian government to protect and assist them as they seek refuge here. We are seeking your support - every opportunity that you have to appear before a crowd, can you […]
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Burma Refugees Letter-Writing Campaign
Published by May 18th, 2008 in Labour and Migration. 1 CommentOpen Letter To ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting, Grand Hyatt, Bangkok, Thailand 6th -7th May, 2008
Published by May 18th, 2008 in Economic Rights, Migration and Law and Justice. 0 CommentsWe, migrants from Burma, who currently live and work in Malaysia and Thailand, have recently met and discussed the situation of migrant workers. We work as construction workers, domestic workers, factory workers, fisherfolk, migrant health workers and plantation workers. We, the migrant workers of ASEAN, have contributed to the building of ASEAN communities but our […]
Memorandum to SUHAKAM on the Fire Incident at the Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre
Published by May 18th, 2008 in Civil Liberties and Migration. 0 CommentsBackground
On 21st April 2008, an incident occurred at Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre where an administration building was burned. According to mainstream press, the riots were started by 60 Myanmar detainees after they were told news that their applications for resettlement to a third country had been rejected by United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR). […]
STOP THE ARRESTS, DETENTION AND SALE OF REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA
Published by May 14th, 2008 in Migration. 0 CommentsYesterday, Prime Minister, YAB Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched a fund for cyclone-hit Burma after Kuala Lumpur’s aid team landed in Rangoon. In his speech, he stated “We help them on humanitarian grounds, there is no politics in this matter. When there are people suffering, we Malaysians always offer assistance.”
We applaud the Prime Minister and […]
Amnesty International Malaysia calls on the Malaysian government to review its policy on the non recognition of Burmese refugees in Malaysia following the recent cyclone disaster and worsening humanitarian and human rights crises in Burma. As an ASEAN member and particularly the United Nations Human Rights Council, the government must be strongly committed in upholding […]
Protect the Peoples of Burma in Thailand and Malaysia
Published by April 15th, 2008 in Government Policies & Negligence and Migration. 2 CommentsMigrant Forum in Asia (MFA) is extremely concerned about the poor protection of the peoples of Burma in Southeast Asia .
The peoples of Burma have been driven by persecution, conflict, state-sanctioned violence, and desperate poverty into neighboring countries. More than a million people reside in Thailand […]
URGENT ACTION ALERT: STOP THE UNJUST AND INHUMAN ARRESTS AND DETENTION OF REFUGEES
Published by April 12th, 2008 in Appeal and Migration. 0 CommentsWomen and children refugees are leaving their homes and moving deeper and deeper into the jungles to escape arrest and detention by RELA and the Immigration authorities. Gripped with fear and uncertainty, hundreds of refugees face the risk of lack of food and of diseases in the jungles.
During the last few weeks, the Malaysian […]
WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN RAYUAN JENAYAH BIL: 41-190-2003 - IRENE V.M.FERNANDEZ -lwn- PENDAKWARAYA
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Migration and Law and Justice. 0 CommentsWILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN RAYUAN JENAYAH BIL: 41-190-2003
(Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Lumpur Kes Tangkap : A 83-195-96)
Irene V.M. Fernandez –lwn- Pendakwaraya
The longest running case in Malaysian legal history of Irene Fernandez, Director of Tenaganita will begin the appeal hearings from April 1 - 10, 2008 at the Criminal Court 1, High Court, 5th Floor, Jalan Duta, […]
Suaram’s Response to Selangor Chief Minister Regarding Migrant Workers
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Migration. 0 CommentsSuaram regrets the statement by the Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister), Khalid Ibrahim in calling for Suaram to put national interests before universal human rights on the levy issue of migrant workers. We are also concerned that the Menteri Besar, who came into power because the previous government had not sufficiently listened to the people, […]
Withdraw Monthly Fee on Migrant Workers
Published by March 26th, 2008 in Economic Rights and Migration. 0 CommentsSuaram is deeply disturbed with the plan of the Selangor state government to collect RM10 monthly fee from all migrant workers in the state of Selangor. The new policy was announced by the Chief Minister of the newly formed Selangor state government, Khalid Ibrahim recently during a press interview with Chinese press.
According to the Chief […]
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