The Hindu Explains | Why are human rights agencies concerned about Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?
4 years ago

The Hindu Explains | Why are human rights agencies concerned about Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On December 10, agencies reported that a United Nations human rights investigator had requested Bangladesh to allow a safety assessment of the remote islet of Bhashan Char, where the government had shipped 1,600-odd Rohingya refugees. The Bangladesh government has earmarked around 1,350 acres for the Rohingya refugees, of which 432 acres is dedicated to their rehabilitation and the rest remains for future projects. Rohingya refugees of Kutupalong have been living in a large refugee camp near the forested borders with Myanmar since 2017, when they were forced to traverse the forest and the rivers that constitute the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar’s Rakhine province. Amnesty International said Bangladesh must “drop” its plans to shift Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char as the char-land had not yet been declared safe for habitation by the United Nations.

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On India’s international obligations towards Rohingya refugees | Explained
16 hours, 30 minutes ago

On India’s international obligations towards Rohingya refugees | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: A recent study examining the plight of Rohingya refugees detained in India, conducted jointly by The Azadi Project, a U.S.-registered non-profit, and Refugees International, an American organisation advocating for displaced populations, has highlighted “gross violations of constitutional and human rights” and criticised India’s “failure to uphold its obligations under international human rights treaties.” Based on interviews …

Atishi Writes To Shah Over Rohingyas Row In Delhi, Accuses Centre Of 'Conscious Decision' To Settle Refugees
1 week, 2 days ago

Atishi Writes To Shah Over Rohingyas Row In Delhi, Accuses Centre Of 'Conscious Decision' To Settle Refugees

ABP News  

As the ruling AAP and BJP continue to hit out at each other amid the ongoing row over Rohingyas and Bangladeshis staying illegally in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, slamming the central government for its "conscious decision" of settling illegal migrant Rohingya refugees in different parts of the city. …

A nuanced and compassionate understanding of Rohingya’s flight is the need of the hour
1 week, 2 days ago

A nuanced and compassionate understanding of Rohingya’s flight is the need of the hour

The Hindu  

The presence of Rohingya community within India is progressively becoming an issue of political blame-game and some political actors are busy pedalling mass anxiety without factoring in the complex multiplicity of vectors related to the issue, including the growing importance of the issue globally. They have accused the ruling National Conference government of protecting the settlers by providing them with …

Bangladesh ramps up border vigilance as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar
3 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh ramps up border vigilance as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar

The Hindu  

Bangladesh has ramped up vigilance at its border with Myanmar, with at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims crossing over in recent months to escape escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, officials in Dhaka said. The new arrivals add to more than one million Rohingya refugees already living in overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar district after they fled a military-led crackdown …

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar

The Hindu  

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar who live in sprawling camps in Bangladesh on Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding safe return to Myanmar's Rakhine state. The refugees gathered in an open field at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar district carrying banners and festoons reading “Hope is Home” and “We Rohingya are the citizens …

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar

Associated Press  

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar who live in sprawling camps in Bangladesh on Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The refugees gathered in an open field at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar district carrying banners and festoons reading “Hope is Home” and “We …

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar’s Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting
4 months ago

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar’s Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The U.N.’s human rights chief joined a chorus of concern Friday for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group. According to a statement from the Geneva office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, …

Northeastern View | Rohingya refugees entering India through the Northeast need humanitarian assistance, not punishment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Rohingya refugees entering India through the Northeast need humanitarian assistance, not punishment

Hindustan Times  

On the evening of July 30, police in Tripura arrested six women from Bangladesh who had allegedly crossed over to India illegally. The detentions, once again, bring to sharp relief the role of Northeast India as a key asylum route for Rohingya refugees. Rohingya refugees and the Northeast For long, Rohingya refugees have entered India through Northeast India, which shares …

Rohingya ‘genocide intensifying’ as war rages in Myanmar’s Rakhine: BROUK
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Rohingya ‘genocide intensifying’ as war rages in Myanmar’s Rakhine: BROUK

Al Jazeera  

Warning from rights group comes as fighting between Myanmar’s military and Arakan Army traps Rohingya in the western state. A United Kingdom-based rights group has called for global action over what it called an “intensifying genocide” against Myanmar’s mostly Muslim Rohingya minority as fighting between the Southeast Asian country’s military and a powerful ethnic armed group escalated in the western …

Invisible suffering of Rohingya refugees
6 months ago

Invisible suffering of Rohingya refugees

The Hindu  

At a recent group psychosocial support session for Rohingya women refugees in Delhi, women burst into laughter when the therapist asked about feeling anxious at night. Most of them fled Myanmar between 2012 and 2017 when the Myanmar military started the “clearance operation,” killing Rohingya people, raping women, and destroying their villages in Rakhine state. While there has been considerable …

Violence in Myanmar Forces 45,000 Rohingya to Flee
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Violence in Myanmar Forces 45,000 Rohingya to Flee

Deccan Chronicle  

The United Nations has reported that intensifying violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has driven 45,000 Rohingya to seek refuge, amid accusations of severe human rights violations including beheadings and burnings of property. Renewed clashes erupted after the Arakan Army attacked government forces in November, breaking a ceasefire that had lasted since a 2021 military coup. The Rohingya, a Muslim minority …

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar
7 months ago

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

Escalating violence in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced another 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, the United Nations warned, amid allegations of beheadings, killings and burnings of property. “An estimated 45,000 Rohingya have reportedly fled to an area on the Naf River near the border with Bangladesh, seeking protection,” she said, as she urged the protection of civilians according to …

Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Japan’s Nippon Foundation will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills training, the charity’s chairman said. Speaking to The Associated Press on Sunday after a visit to Bhashan Char, Yohei Sasakawa praised the support the government has provided to refugees on …

Explained: Why are Rohingya refugees risking their lives at sea
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Explained: Why are Rohingya refugees risking their lives at sea

The Hindu  

The story so far: The dramatic rescue of dozens of Rohingya refugees from the Indian Ocean last week after a wooden boat with nearly 150 on board capsized off the Indonesian coast has once again drawn attention to the plight of the refugees who are increasingly embarking on dangerous sea journeys to seek a better life. As per the United …

India says new law saves persecuted refugees. Rohingya ask ‘Why not us?’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

India says new law saves persecuted refugees. Rohingya ask ‘Why not us?’

Al Jazeera  

As New Delhi claims to help persecuted minorities in South Asia through the law, the mainly Muslim refugees from Myanmar face deportation. Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur ordered the deportation of Rohingya refugees. Three days after the Manipur government began …

Rohingya refugee women survive on the edge
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Rohingya refugee women survive on the edge

Deccan Chronicle  

Geneva, Mar 26 Thin, under-nourished women, clad in cotton saris and headscarves, sit on their haunches amid the warren of mud and thatched huts. Even as Rohingya women refugees have little or no access to stable economic opportunities, especially in the face of widespread poverty, many have taken to prostitution as a means of survival. Shagufta’s condition is representative of …

U.N. agencies fear about 70 missing or dead from capsized Rohingya refugee boat
9 months ago

U.N. agencies fear about 70 missing or dead from capsized Rohingya refugee boat

LA Times  

Rohingya refugees rescued from a capsized boat rest at a temporary shelter in Meulaboh, Indonesia, on Friday. About 70 Muslim Rohingya refugees are feared missing or dead from a boat that made a grueling sea voyage from Bangladesh and sank off Indonesia’s coast this week with 75 survivors, United Nations agencies said. Two survivors told the Associated Press on Friday …

Indonesia's rescue of Rohingya refugees at sea is a reminder of an ordeal that began in Myanmar
9 months ago

Indonesia's rescue of Rohingya refugees at sea is a reminder of an ordeal that began in Myanmar

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off the western coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has put the spotlight again on the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. For Rohingya refugees living in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh, escaping across the seas might …

UN seeking more than $850m for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
9 months, 1 week ago

UN seeking more than $850m for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Al Jazeera  

Bangladesh hosts more than a million Rohingya people, many of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar. In its annual response plan to the crisis, the UN appealed for $852.4m to provide food and other aid to the mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees and their host communities. About 95 percent of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh remain dependent on humanitarian …

Conflict in Myanmar is worrying India and Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Conflict in Myanmar is worrying India and Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud

The Hindu  

February 07, 2024 11:32 pm | Updated 11:33 pm IST - NEW DELHI The escalating conflict between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed organisations is a matter of concern for both India and Bangladesh as both countries share borders with Myanmar, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Hasan Mahmud said in New Delhi on Wednesday. Myanmar border guards and military personnel who …

Bangladesh Once Again Cries Foul Over Rohingya Issue With India
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh Once Again Cries Foul Over Rohingya Issue With India

ABP News  

New Delhi: Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Hasan Mahmud Wednesday once again discussed the issue of growing number of Rohingya refugees in that country and how it has become a security challenge for Dhaka during his maiden visit to India in the current capacity. The two-day visit began Tuesday during which time Mahmud met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National …

Dozens of Rohingya refugees flee Malaysian immigration detention centre
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dozens of Rohingya refugees flee Malaysian immigration detention centre

Al Jazeera  

Police blame riot after 115 Rohingya and 16 other people from Myanmar escaped the facility on Thursday night. Malaysia is searching for dozens of Rohingya refugees and other people from Myanmar after they escaped from a temporary immigration detention centre in the country’s north. Other people from Myanmar have sought sanctuary in Malaysia amid a deepening civil war since the …

Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Across a treacherous stretch of water, the Rohingya came by the thousands, then died by the hundreds. Last year, nearly 4,500 Rohingya — two-thirds of them women and children — fled their homeland of Myanmar and the refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh by boat, the United Nations’ refugee agency reported. “Southeast Asian waters are one of the deadliest …

Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last year, nearly 4,500 Rohingya — two-thirds of them women and children …

Rohingya refugees in Indonesia still hope for a better future
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Rohingya refugees in Indonesia still hope for a better future

Al Jazeera  

Pidie, Indonesia – In December, Abdul Karim boarded a wooden boat from Bangladesh with his wife and two sons, with aspirations for a better life for the whole family. “We only came here for a better future for our children.” Abdul’s family had taken shelter in Bangladesh, along with hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar, due to the 2017 …

A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters

The Hindu  

A fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's southern coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, gutting more than 1,000 shelters and leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said on Sunday. The fire broke out around midnight on Saturday at Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya and spread quickly, fanned by strong winds, Shafiqul Islam, head …

A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters

Hindustan Times  

Cox Bazar, Jan 7 A fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's southern coastal district of Cox's Bazar, gutting more than 1,000 shelters and leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said on Sunday. HT Image The fire broke out around midnight on Saturday at Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya and spread quickly, fanned …

A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters

Associated Press  

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — A fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s southern coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, gutting more than 1,000 shelters and leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said Sunday. “We took about two hours to get the blaze under control, engaging 10 fire units from Ukhiya and other stations …

The Rohingya: A Forgotten and Friendless People
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Rohingya: A Forgotten and Friendless People

The Diplomat  

In the middle of November, boats began washing up on the beaches of Aceh in western Indonesia. “Six years after most of them fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State,” the ICG report stated, “the almost one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are no closer to returning home.” At the same time conditions in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar are deteriorating as …

Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka protest planned closure of U.N. office, fearing abandonment
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka protest planned closure of U.N. office, fearing abandonment

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A group of Rohingya refugees living in Sri Lanka staged a protest outside the office of the U.N. refugee agency Tuesday, saying they fear losing their living allowance once the agency’s office in the island nation closes at the end of this year. About 100 Rohingya refugees live in Sri Lanka, most of them rescued at …

More Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia despite rejection from locals
11 months, 3 weeks ago

More Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia despite rejection from locals

Associated Press  

MEDAN, Indonesia — Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said Sunday. “But many residents cannot accept them to live in our village because they will only bring problems later.” He said that one of the refugees told authorities that they sailed …

United Nations urges rescue of 185 Rohingya adrift in Indian Ocean
1 year ago

United Nations urges rescue of 185 Rohingya adrift in Indian Ocean

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations called Saturday for the urgent rescue of 185 people, mainly women and children, on a distressed boat last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 -- Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Myanmar, undertake risky sea journeys from Myanmar and refugee …

Photos: This is life in the world's largest refugee camp, as seen by their own
1 year ago

Photos: This is life in the world's largest refugee camp, as seen by their own

NPR  

Photos: This is life in the world's largest refugee camp, as seen by their own toggle caption Muhammed Salim Khan, Shahida Win, Sahat Zia Hero, Abdullah Habib for NPR Since 2017 nearly a million Rohingya people have been displaced from their homes in Myanmar, fleeing a wave of anti-Muslim persecution and violence in the predominantly Buddhist country. Enlarge this image …

Rohingya refugees return to the sea
1 year ago

Rohingya refugees return to the sea

Hindustan Times  

IN RECENT WEEKS wooden boats from Bangladesh have been turning up off Aceh, the Indonesian province on the tip of Sumatra, 1,000 nautical miles away. They are packed with Rohingya refugees, previously resident in the Kutupalong camp complex in south-eastern Bangladesh. This year the World Food Programme has cut rations for each Kutupalong inhabitant from a value of $12 a …

As more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden
1 year ago

As more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden

Associated Press  

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Indonesia said Tuesday it is appealing to the international community for help after more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived on its shores by boat since November. But the growing hostility of some Indonesians toward the Rohingya, who come from refugee camps in Bangladesh, has put pressure on President Joko Widodo’s government to take action. He …

Rohingya Muslims in Indonesia struggle to find shelter. President says government will help for now
1 year ago

Rohingya Muslims in Indonesia struggle to find shelter. President says government will help for now

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two boats carrying two groups of more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including …

Rohingya Muslims in Indonesia struggle to find shelter. President says government will help for now
1 year ago

Rohingya Muslims in Indonesia struggle to find shelter. President says government will help for now

Associated Press  

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — His face showed exhaustion, restlessness, and confusion. Two boats carrying two groups of more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, reached Indonesia’s northernmost Aceh province on Sunday. Since November, more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Ann Maymann, a UNHCR official who was in Banda Aceh, told …

Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh region after weeks at sea
1 year ago

Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh region after weeks at sea

Associated Press  

ACEH BESAR, Indonesia — Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning after being adrift for weeks. One boat, which had been at sea for about one and a half months and carrying 135 people, arrived at a beach in Lamreh village in Aceh Besar …

Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees
1 year ago

Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s government blames a surge in human trafficking for the increasing number of Rohingya Muslims that have entered the country over the past few weeks, the Indonesian president said Friday. President Joko Widodo said in a televised news conference that he received “reports about the increasing number of Rohingya refugees entering Indonesian territory, especially Aceh Province.” “There …

Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees
1 year ago

Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees

The Independent  

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2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue, UN says
1 year ago

2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue, UN says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done to rescue them, according to the U.N. refugee agency and aid workers. The number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing by boats in a seasonal exodus — usually from squalid, overcrowded refugee camps in …

Aboard 2 ships adrift at sea, 400 Rohingya are ‘looking death in the eye,’ U.N. says
1 year ago

Aboard 2 ships adrift at sea, 400 Rohingya are ‘looking death in the eye,’ U.N. says

LA Times  

An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done to rescue them, according to the United Nations refugee agency and aid workers. “There are about 400 children, women and men looking death in the eye if there are no moves to save these …

More than 100 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia: officials
1 year ago

More than 100 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia: officials

The Hindu  

More than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children landed in Indonesia's westernmost province on Saturday, officials said, but locals were threatening to push them back to sea. The arrival comes after more than 1,000 Rohingya refugees landed in Aceh last month, the biggest wave of Rohingya refugee arrivals in Indonesia since 2015, according to the United Nations refugee agency. …

Who Cares About the Rohingya?
1 year, 1 month ago

Who Cares About the Rohingya?

The Diplomat  

In mid-October, the head of the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR gave an interview to Reuters in which he detailed the difficulty of securing the funding necessary to feed and house the estimated 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. “Otherwise, really, I’m worried about the future of Rohingya refugees and the patience of the host country in hosting them.” There …

Nearly 1,000 Rohingya refugees arrive by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh region in one week
1 year, 1 month ago

Nearly 1,000 Rohingya refugees arrive by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh region in one week

Associated Press  

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia — Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh in the last six days, officials said Monday. “The thwarted landing of hundreds of Rohingya refugees is a big step back for Indonesia, where communities have previously shown generosity and humanity towards those seeking safety after perilous boat journeys,” said Usman …

About 250 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia sent back to sea
1 year, 1 month ago

About 250 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia sent back to sea

Hindustan Times  

About 250 Rohingya refugees in an overcrowded wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said Friday. Ethnic Rohingya disembark from their boat upon landing in Ulee Madon, North Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Rohingya Muslims walk through waters after they are temporarily allowed by locals to land in Ulee Madon beach, …

More than 240 Rohingya refugees afloat off Indonesia after they are twice refused by residents
1 year, 1 month ago

More than 240 Rohingya refugees afloat off Indonesia after they are twice refused by residents

Associated Press  

ACEH UTARA, Indonesia — Some 240 Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, are afloat off the coast of Indonesia after two attempts to land were rejected by local residents. Officials said the boat most recently tried to land in Aceh Utara district, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, on Thursday afternoon, but left a few hours later. Residents of the Ulee Madon …

European nations join Myanmar genocide case
1 year, 1 month ago

European nations join Myanmar genocide case

Al Jazeera  

The case at the UN’s top court accuses Yangon of committing genocide against people belonging to the Rohingya community. Five European countries and Canada have teamed up to join the genocide case at the International Court of Justice that accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya. We are particularly focus on violence against women and children,” Tania …

Myanmar seeking to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar seeking to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh

Al Jazeera  

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are reluctant to repatriate without guarantees for safety, dignity and and the recuperation of their homes. Bangladesh hosts nearly one million Rohingya refugees, most of whom fled Myanmar in 2017, when the military launched what the United Nations describes as a campaign with “genocidal intent” against the mostly-Muslim minority. The team of Myanmar officials arrived at …

The petition challenging Rohingya refugees’ ‘illegal detention’ in India | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

The petition challenging Rohingya refugees’ ‘illegal detention’ in India | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Shadiya, a 22-year-old, has spent three years detained in a ‘holding’ centre for Rohingya refugees; separated from her child, she lives in a closed space without sunlight, described as big enough to barely spread one’s mattress. A writ petition in the Supreme Court on October 10 challenged the hostile and dehumanising conditions many Rohingya refugees like …

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