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Waste colonialism is alive in Southeast Asia
Campaigner Wong Pui Yi stood outside the UN headquarters in Geneva in August and made an appeal to Global North nations: “Stop treating the Global South as the rubbish bin for plastic waste you cannot handle.”
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A year after US aid cuts, Thailand’s largest refugee camp struggles to cope
Mae La has sheltered refugees from Myanmar for four decades, sustained almost entirely by international donors. A year after that funding was sharply reduced, the camp is struggling to hold together.
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