The Karen Refugees Committee, a leading refugee organization, recently said the reforms in Myanmar "signal a ray of hope for many refugees to be able to return to their homeland, " but laid down 10 conditions for repatriation ranging from a solid nationwide cease-fire to clearing the vast mine fields along the border.

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The UK Border Agency is now close to clearing the back-log of almost half a million asylum cases.

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His government has so far refused to make any promises about when it will start work clearing the hundreds of thousands of mines on its own side of the border.

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This is a big failing, because clearing and settlement account for 80% of the cost of European cross-border share trading.

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