A spate of stories from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation late last week drew on comments from an Australian refugee lawyer and an official from the Organisation for International Migration.
They both said that the Rohingya men will all make strong claims for refugee status. The Australian government is silent on the issue. For more context see the original New Mandala posts on this evolving story.
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1 New Mandala » Rohingya in Phang Nga // Dec 7, 2006 at 1:04 pm
[...] For some news related to my posts earlier in the year about the Rohingya claiming asylum in Australia who were sent to Nauru, reports have come through that a boat has arrived in southern Thailand’s Phang Nga province carrying 114 Rohingya “looking for work”. [...]
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