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PH is first country in Asia-Pacific to set up procedure to protect refugees, stateless InterAksyon.com November 7, 2012 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to establish a procedure to protect both refugees and stateless people, a move hailed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The…

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PH is first country in Asia-Pacific to set up procedure to protect refugees, stateless
InterAksyon.com
November 7, 2012

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to establish a procedure to protect both refugees and stateless people, a move hailed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The new procedure, contained in a recently published Department of Justice circular, took effect Wednesday.

The UNHCR, in a statement issued Wednesday, called the procedure “an important step to ensure the Philippines meets its obligations under the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, which it ratified last year, the first ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member-state to do so.”

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