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NCGUB: News on Migrants & Refugees- 4 February, 2010 (English & Burmese)
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NEWS ON MIGRANTSCop accused of killing nine found hangedNEWS ON REFUGEESBurma: Japan takes first steps to resettle Burmese refugeesBurmese Activist Awarded US FellowshipLandmines and food crisis await Karen refugeesThreatening refoulement: harassment and pressure on refugees in Tha SongYang District
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Cop accused of killing nine found hanged4/02/2010 at 12:00 AM
TAK : Police have issued arrest warrants for five people suspected of killing nineBurmese migrant workers.A police officer believed to be the leader of the alleged killers has hanged himself.Provincial Police Bureau 6 chief Surasi Sunthornsarathoon said yesterday Pol Sen SgtMaj Somchai Pinkaew, an officer at Phop Phra district police station, had admitted tokilling the Burmese workers while in the company of five hilltribe men.
Pol Sen Sgt Maj Somchai was found hanged on Saturday after he confessed to themassacre before his police colleagues and his supervisor, Pol Lt Gen Surasi said.The five hilltribe men were former Haw Chinese soldiers and ethnic Lisu named Sai,Yozu, Laota, Epu, Zotu and Fofang.Pol Sen Sgt Maj Somchai and his five aides had allegedly tried to extort money fromthe illegal migrant workers who ran away when they saw the group approaching, PolLt Gen Surasi said.The gunmen allegedly hunted them down and killed them, he said.A police officer from Provincial Police Bureau6 based in Phitsanulok was killed in anattack by a group of unidentified gunmen at about 2am yesterday. The attack is notbelieved to be connected with the nine killings.http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/32246/cop-accused-of-killing-nine-found-hanged
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Burma: Japan takes first steps to resettle Burmese refugeesWednesday, February 03, 2010
Japanese officials are visiting a refugee camp in northern Thailand to interviewrefugees from Myanmar who are setting to start new lives in Japan, the UnitedNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today.This is the first concrete move Japan has taken towards becoming the first Asiannation to resettle refugees from Myanmar, following its announcement in December2008 that it will take in 90 people from Mae La camp over three years as part of apilot project.UNHCR selected refugees being interviewed this week based on how long they havebeen living in the camp, in some cases reaching two decades but with no othersolution in sight.“The final decisions as to whether they will be accepted for resettlement rests withJapan,” said agency spokesperson Andrej Mahecic.Barring any glitches, the first refugee family is expected to leave for Japan thisSeptember, with 30 refugees set to be resettled every year over three years.Approximately 20,000 Myanmar refugees have already left Mae La to begin newlives, forming part of the more than 55,000 refugees who have been resettled from thenine camps in Thailand since a large-scale programme started in 2005. Most havedeparted for the United States, Australia and Canada.“We welcome the addition of Japan to the list of resettlement countries, not only for
the important signal it sends to other Asian countries, but also as significant burden-sharing, helping Thailand find solutions for refugees from Myanmar who have beenon its territory for more than 25 years,” Mr. Mahecic said.Published by i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysisSee also Sydney Irresistible and for personal comment, Mike Hitchen Unleashedhttp://ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com/2010/02/burma-japan-takes-first-steps-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FzqKG+%28i+On+Global+Trends%29
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Burmese Activist Awarded US FellowshipBy LALIT K. JHA / NEW YORK Wednesday, February 3, 2010
A New York-based Burmese activist, Myra Dahgaypaw, was awarded a prestigiousCarl Wilkens Fellowship by the Genocide Intervention Network on Wednesday.The annual fellowship, launched last year, recognizes community leaders who possessthe commitment to fight genocide and the potential to make a difference in the livesof people in countries such as Burma.The fellowship will provide Ms Dahgaypaw, a human rights activist from Karen Statewho was an internally displaced person for 12 years and a refugee for a further 17years, access to experts and an organizing grant.“Change begins with one,” said the fellowship donor, Carl Wilkens, in a statementhonoring Ms Dahgaypaw.“So few people in America were aware of the Rwanda genocide at the time it washappening, and even fewer were equipped to do something to end it. That's why I'mso excited that Myra Dahgaypaw has been selected to join this year's class of CarlWilkens Fellows. I know she will be a lifelong leader in the movement to endgenocide.”Carl Wilkens was the only American to stay in Rwanda through the genocide there,despite advice to leave by the US embassy,.Genocide Intervention Network said Ms Dahgaypaw was already a passionatecommunity organizer when only 13 years old.“She has been a strong community organizer and a committed human rights advocatefor over a decade and currently is engaged with various human rights issues inBurma,” the network said.Ms Dahgaypaw is currently working with the Burma Fund-UN Office in New York,an organization that maintains contact with the UN missions on Burma issues.http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17730
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