China A Reluctant Refuge For People From Myanmar
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:00 | 
Written by New York Times | 
RUILI, China (Reuters) - Ask residents of the dusty Chinese border town of Ruili what they think of their neighbour and supposed friend Myanmar and one word features prominently -- "luan," or chaotic.
LABOUR: Migrant Domestic Workers’ Rights Next on ILO’s AgendaThursday, 28 January 2010 00:00 | Written by Inter Press Service News Agency |
By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Jan 28, 2010 (IPS) - Po Po has been enduring long hours of hard work, poor pay and abuse within the confines of her employer’s home for the past seven years. Poverty forced her to leave her family in eastern Burma and abandon a university education to work as a domestic helper in Thailand. PRs may be subjected to ethnic integration policy in buying flatsFriday, 29 January 2010 00:00 | Written by Channel NewsAsia |
By Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 29 January 2010 0107 hrs SINGAPORE: Singapore's housing authority said Permanent Residents may soon be subjected to a similar ethnic integration policy already imposed on citizens who buy public flats. |
World Bank considering assistance for BurmaThursday, 28 January 2010 00:00 | Written by Financial Times |
ByTim Johnston in Bangkok The World Bank is considering providing Burma with assistance more than two decades after relations were frozen following the bloody suppression of the 1988 democracy movement. Groups urge Karen rethinkThursday, 28 January 2010 00:00 | Written by Bangkok Post |
Published: 28/01/2010 at 12:00 AM Human rights activists are calling on Thailand to shelve a plan to send Karen refugees back to Burma because of concerns over their safety. |