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Burma refugees report
- Subject: Burma refugees report
- From: byva@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 09:25:00
Tuesday, October 6, 1998 Published at 20:08 GMT 21:08 UK
World: Asia-Pacific
Burma refugees report
An international human rights group has criticised Thailand and the United
Nations Commissioner for Refugees for failing to protect Burmese refugees.
In a report, the American-based Human Rights Watch says
a-hundred-and-ten-thousand ethnic minority refugees living on the Thai-Burmese
border are in danger.
There is criticism of Thailand's long-standing refusal to let the UNHCR into
the border camps, and the refugee organisation for not challenging
the Thai policy more strongly.
The UNHCR and Thailand say from next week new measures will be in place to
improve security.
>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
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