Category Archives: Thailand

19 June 2012 - Mauritanian refugees in Senegal [photo: Ferloo.com]

Denied! Yet These Refugees Exist

June 20, 2012 · by · in Burma, Human Rights, Interesting, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Thailand, Turkey, Updates

At this moment, there are thousands of Mauritanian refugees waiting to return to their country. These innocents appear to have been marginalised because their existence is inconvenient for the political agenda of the illegitimate Mauritanian regime, which clings to power under the protection of president Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, with the full support of major international governments and agencies.

#Tamils in limbo after #Canada’s crackdown on human smugglers in #Thailand

April 30, 2012 · by · in Canada, Human Rights, Sri Lanka, Thailand

All wars cause collateral damage. Vashni is collateral damage in Canada’s war on human smugglers. The soft-spoken Tamil woman in her 30s lives one step ahead of the law in Thailand and longs to be reunited with her elderly parents in Toronto. But she would never consider resorting to using one of the notorious smugglers […]

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