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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
Reports that smuggling networks & potential travellers taking wait-and-see approach after recent government crackdowns and Myanmar elections
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
An estimated 1,000 people have embarked on the dangerous journey in Bay of Bengal & Andaman Sea since Sep @VivianUNHCR @sulyunhcr @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
As monsoons end & possible new sailing season begins, UNHCR calls on States to follow pledges with concrete actions before movements resume
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
Over 1,100 are believed to have died at sea during the same period, with hundreds more found buried in unmarked mass graves @VivianUNHCR
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
This represented just 5 pc of total number of refugees and migrants estimated to have travelled along this route in last 2 yrs @VivianUNHCR
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
At least 5,000 people were eventually disembarked in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand @VivianUNHCR @sulyunhcr
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
6 months ago joint action was pledged to help 1000s of Rohingya & Bangladeshis stranded on smugglers’ boats in Bay of Bengal & Andaman Sea
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
UNHCR Asst High Commissioner Volker Türk in Bangkok engaging w South-East Asian States on humanitarian responses to mixed maritime movements
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
UNHCR’s Volker Türk in Bangkok to discuss responses to risky boat journeys @AdrianEdwrds briefing at @UNGeneva @refugees @VivianUNHCR
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/12/2015
#SouthSudan's conflict displaced 2.3 million people, including 650,000 refugees into #Ethiopia #Kenya, #Uganda & now #DRC
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