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In response to the current Lao Hmong refugee and humanitarian crisis in Thailand and Laos, The Honorable H. Eugene Douglas, Former U.S. Ambassador, issued a statement about the plight of Lao-Hmong refugees at Huay Nam Khao and Nong Khai, Thailand.

Laos and Hmong-American Students from across the U.S. are urging Thailand’s General Anupong and Prime Minister Abhisit To Release 5,000 Lao Hmong Refugees Prior to to the Start of the Southeast Asia Games (SEA) Games in Laos.

Refugees International's New York Circle features photography by Ann Curry and a short documentary by Matt Dillon

Actress and singer, Cynthia Basinet petitions the United Nations Sixty-fourth General Assembly Fourth Committee on behalf of issues facing the Western Sahara.

Introduction of Dandelion Relief Group as an organization dedicated to helping the refugees after the Russia-Georgia war and the description of their accomplishments as an organization up to date.

SWAT valley citizens seek refuge as military offensive endures

The UN has stated it is worried that the global economic downturn will fuel increasing levels of refugees and migrants as well as increases in xenophobia as people look for causes to their economic problems.

Providing Humanitarian Aid on a Shoestring Budget

Theo Kamwimbi, the Human Rights Programme Manager in South Africa, with the help of Projects Abroad volunteers and the backing of the UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) spearheaded the release of a wrongfully imprisoned refugee last week.

The U.S. Congress and U.S. Senator Norm Coleman are urging the Lao government to immediately release Hakit Yang and two other Hmong-American citizens from St. Paul, Minnesota that continue to be jailed in Laos.

The Hmong and Laotian Community of California honored Dr. Jane Hamilton-Merritt and the 15th Anniversary of the publication of her book Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, The Americans and the Secret Wars for Laos (Indiana University Press)

Customers asked to donate winter outerwear for RRISA

A coalition of Lao and Hmong organizations in Washington, D.C. have denounced the visit of Thai Premier Samak Sundaravej to Laos following increased Lao military attacks and Samak's forced repatriation of Lao-Hmong refugees.

The 'Recipes of Africa' cookbook brings together recipes from each country in Africa to support the Sierra Leonian and Liberian refuges of Senegal.

The Lao Human Rights Council will host a Lao-Hmong human rights forum on the plight of over 8,000 Lao-Hmong political refugees and asylum seekers facing the threat of forced repatriation back to the communist regime in Laos that they fled.

Hundreds of Hmong and Lao-Americans are slated to rally in Minnesota in opposition to the recent arrest in Laos of three Hmong-Americans and to oppose the repatriation of Lao-Hmong refugees from Thailand back to the regime in Laos that they fled.

Stefan Doris and her son, Zogo are stateless refugees from the civil wars in Liberia/Sierra Leone, West Africa. Help turn around the lives of those who have suffered and lost so much and publicize the pligt of Africa's forgotten refugees.

Laos, Thailand Crisis: US Congressional Forum To Discuss Emergency Plight of Lao and Hmong Refugees At Ban Huay Nam Khao and Nong Khai, Lao Regime's Ethnic Cleansing and Increase Killing of Refugees

In cooperation with Members of Congress, the Congressional Forum and follow-on events in the U.S. Congress will discuss policy issues and seek to release and discuss the U.S. Congressional letter to the King of Thailand regarding Laos and the Hmong.

A special session of the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos will be held to discuss the current crisis in Laos and Thailand facing Laotian and Hmong dissidents, political refugees and asylum seekers.

HRCBM filed a writ petition at Calcutta High Court on June 19th, 2007 appealing that Government of India should grant Refugee status to Bangladesh Minorities, who took shelter in India to escape violence in their country .