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First Person: A Thai police trainer’s ‘passion’ for fighting the SE Asia drug trade

·July 2, 2023·4 min read

The trainee police officers are part of a network of law enforcement specialists in Thailand, but also across the region, who are cooperating across borders to stem trafficking operations by international crime syndicates. They are collaborating under the border liaison office (BLO) network, supported by the UN Office on Drugs...

Huge increase in transnational crime and synthetic drugs in SE Asia requires cross-border cooperation

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·June 2, 2023·6 min read

A Thai Navy launch travels at high speed down the muddy brown waters of the Mekong River close to the border town of Chiang Saen in the north of Thailand. To the right is Laos, where huge construction projects funded by foreign investment are rising out of the lush undergrowth...

UNICEF warns of deepening inequalities in Europe and Central Asia

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·March 10, 2023·2 min read

The report on children’s rights is the first of its kind to bring together existing data and analysis for all countries in the region, while highlighting critical data gaps that need to be filled. Data deficit UNICEF Regional Director Afshan Khan said the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, climate change...

IOM steps up support as Rohingya refugee numbers rise in Southeast Asia

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·February 1, 2023·1 min read

Almost 3,300 arrived in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand last year, the UN agency said, a roughly 290 per cent rise over the 850 people recorded in 2021. IOM urged States in the region to work collectively to provide life-saving care and support to the refugees to prevent loss of life at...

Sanctions on Russia already hitting remittance-dependent countries in Central Asia: IOM |

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·June 16, 2022·3 min read

The countries of Central Asia retain their Soviet-era socio-economic and political ties with the Russian Federation. Migration, and in particular remittances, is at the center of this intricate, historical relationship, say Hyo Jeong Jung, IOM Labour Migration Specialist based in Kyrgyzstan, and Michael Newson, Senior Regional Labour Mobility and Social Inclusion...