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Refugees in Asia face delays, pushbacks as coronavirus shuts borders

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Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of thousands of refugees living in precarious conditions across Asia are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak, with border closures raising the risk of their forced repatriation, human rights groups have said The outbreak, termed COVID-19, has infected more than 270,000 people worldwide and killed more than 11,000, according to […]