The Thailand Project

05/31/2019

Thailand can be a global champion in reducing the number of stateless people around the world, according to Giuseppe De Vincentiis, the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Thailand.

04/27/2019

The Rohingya people of Myanmar have long been persecuted by their government, primarily for their Muslim faith amid a Buddhist majority. A million of them have fled the violence to camps in neighboring Bangladesh, which is tiring of their presence. Amna Nawaz talks to Refugees International's Dan Su...

04/16/2019

Minorities and stateless people are constantly stigmatised as 'outsiders' in Thailand. Hundreds of thousands are falling through the cracks in the system when they could be contributing to Thailand's ageing labour force.

03/26/2019

Aor has been invited to speak at the TEDx UWStevensPoint on UWSP campus in April to talk about her journey from Statelessness. However, funding has been harder to come by than expected. We are actively looking for help to book Aor’s travel from Bangkok to Chicago. In 2014, Srinuan Aorair Saokha...

01/15/2019

A new report from the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime finds that violent conflict is creating new opportunities for traffickers — and children and girls are increasingly targeted.

01/06/2019

Up to 1.8 million people still do not have nationality; volunteers seen playing critical role

12/10/2018

An estimated 12 million people may be victims of statelessness the impact of which is “immediate and can be dire”, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

11/23/2018

A plan to send the stateless Muslims back to Myanmar has been halted for now. But the cruelty and injustice endure.

11/14/2018

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday Myanmar's de fact...

10/31/2018

The United Nations refugee agency says 487,000 stateless people registered with the Thai government this year

09/25/2018

nt investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a "well-planned an...

09/03/2018

"Anyone who believes Burma has undergone democratic reforms over the past 7 years is living in a fantasy land or believes so just to serve their own, greedy, self interests.
The generals with the support of Aung San Soi Kyi have carried out a genocide in the country and the sentencing today of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo shows those who run and govern Burma are just as hollow and corrupt as they’ve ever been.
Free Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo!" - Greg Constantine

The case has been the most visible instance of a wider crackdown on the press in Myanmar, which continues to deny atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.