UN agency calls on Myanmar’s neighbours to protect asylum seekers
2 years, 5 months ago

UN agency calls on Myanmar’s neighbours to protect asylum seekers

Al Jazeera  

UN refugee agency is ‘gravely concerned’ about multiple reports of asylum seekers being forced back to Myanmar. “UNHCR remains gravely concerned about multiple reports of … the forcible return of refugees and asylum seekers – since February 2021 – from countries neighbouring Myanmar,” Triggs said. “We call on them to continue upholding their international legal obligations and lifesaving humanitarian tradition.” The UNHCR statement comes just days after the Reuters news agency reported that Malaysia had deported 150 Myanmar nationals this month, including former navy officers seeking asylum, despite the risk of arrest they face on being returned home. At least one naval officer, Kyaw Hla, and his wife, Htay Htay Yee, were detained upon arrival back in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon, the sources told Reuters. The reported deportations come despite Malaysia’s vocal condemnation of violence in Myanmar since the military removed an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi last year.

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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China amid human rights concerns
1 month ago

Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China amid human rights concerns

The Independent  

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Myanmar seeking to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh
1 year, 4 months 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 …

UN refugee chief says Rohingya who fled Myanmar must not be forgotten during other world crises
1 year, 5 months ago

UN refugee chief says Rohingya who fled Myanmar must not be forgotten during other world crises

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees urged the international community on Tuesday not to forget the plight of ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the midst of many other world crises. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional meeting on Rohingya refugee assistance in Bangkok, he emphasized that a ”voluntary, dignified return to Myanmar” by the Rohingya refugees …

Myanmar arrests nearly 150 fleeing Rohingya
1 year, 7 months ago

Myanmar arrests nearly 150 fleeing Rohingya

The Hindu  

Myanmar authorities have arrested nearly 150 Rohingya suspected of trying to flee the country, an official told AFP on Tuesday. The military launched a crackdown on Rohingya in 2017, and thousands now risk their lives each year making perilous journeys from camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar to reach Muslim-majority Malaysia and Indonesia. Bangladesh and Myanmar have discussed efforts to begin …

UN urges rescue of refugees adrift in Andaman Sea
2 years, 3 months ago

UN urges rescue of refugees adrift in Andaman Sea

The Independent  

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Myanmar releases 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty
2 years, 4 months ago

Myanmar releases 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-controlled government released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American on Thursday as part of a broad prisoner amnesty that also freed many local citizens held for protesting the army takeover. Australian Sean Turnell, Japan’s Toru Kubota, Briton Vicky Bowman, and American Kyaw Htay Oo were among 5,774 prisoners being freed on …

Myanmar to release 4 foreigners, including an American, in broad prisoner amnesty
2 years, 4 months ago

Myanmar to release 4 foreigners, including an American, in broad prisoner amnesty

LA Times  

Sean Turnell, an economist at Australia’s Macquarie University, is one of four foreigners whom Myanmar is releasing from prison. Australian Sean Turnell, Japan’s Toru Kubota, Briton Vicky Bowman, and American Kyaw Htay Oo, as well as 11 local Myanmar celebrities, were among a total of 5,774 prisoners who were being released, Myanmar’s state-run MRTV reported. for Political Prisoners, a rights …

Mizoram’s predicament over Myanmar refugees
2 years, 5 months ago

Mizoram’s predicament over Myanmar refugees

Live Mint  

On the narrow streets of Aizawl, one can barely recognise celebrity singer Benjamin Sum, known to his fans just as Sum. “To feed 30,000 people for months… it’s quite a problem for the government of Mizoram and the people at large,” Zoramthanga had noted. “We don’t look at Myanmarese as refugees but displaced people,” says Mizoram University’s Prof. Lalnuntluanga, general …

Former UK ambassador, husband detained by Myanmar generals
2 years, 7 months ago

Former UK ambassador, husband detained by Myanmar generals

Al Jazeera  

Vicky Bowman and her husband, Htein Lin, are reportedly under investigation for immigration law violations after their arrest in Yangon. Myanmar’s military authorities have detained the United Kingdom’s former ambassador to the country, and her husband, over alleged violations of immigration law. A spokesperson for the UK’s embassy in the country said they were “concerned by the arrest of a …

UN envoy tells Myanmar general: End violence, seek democracy
2 years, 7 months ago

UN envoy tells Myanmar general: End violence, seek democracy

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, met Wednesday with the head of its military-installed government and called on him to urgently halt all violence, support a political path back to civilian rule and democracy, and allow the country’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to return home and to meet with her. He said the …

Bangladesh tells UN that Rohingya refugees must return to Myanmar
2 years, 7 months ago

Bangladesh tells UN that Rohingya refugees must return to Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

UN rights chief says return of Rohingya refugees is not possible currently due to concerns about their safety in Myanmar. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the UN rights chief that hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, from where they had fled waves of violent persecution. UN High …

UN expert calls for Myanmar action as death toll tops 2,000
2 years, 9 months ago

UN expert calls for Myanmar action as death toll tops 2,000

Al Jazeera  

Tom Andrews says scale of the crisis triggered by the February 2021 coup demands countries take more meaningful action to end the violence. “Too much is at stake for Myanmar and its people to accept complacency and inaction by the international community,” Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said in a statement …

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back
2 years, 11 months ago

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The young woman from Myanmar and her family now live amid the tall grasses of a riverbank on the Thai border, trapped in limbo between a country that does not want them and a country whose military could kill them. But I have not returned to the village at all.” Though international refugee laws forbid the return …

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back
2 years, 11 months ago

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The young woman from Myanmar and her family now live amid the tall grasses of a riverbank on the Thai border, trapped between a country that does not want them and a country whose military could kill them. But I have not returned to the village at all.” Though international refugee laws forbid the return of people …

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back
2 years, 11 months ago

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

The Independent  

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Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back
2 years, 11 months ago

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

The Independent  

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Thailand sends thousands of refugees back to Myanmar, where war and danger await
2 years, 11 months ago

Thailand sends thousands of refugees back to Myanmar, where war and danger await

LA Times  

Displaced people from Myanmar carry donated lunch boxes to their tents along the Thai side of the Moei River in February. “But I have not returned to the village at all.” Though international refugee laws forbid the return of people to countries where their lives may be in danger, Thailand has nonetheless sent thousands of people who fled violence by …

Myanmar refugees receive little relief at Thai border
3 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar refugees receive little relief at Thai border

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of people running from reported Myanmar military raids find little sense of safety at refugee camps in Thailand. Al Jazeera spoke to multiple sources helping distribute food to the refugees in Mahawan, a subdistrict in Mae Sot on the Thai side of the Moei River. “The Thai military only lets us donate small portions of fresh food, so if …

Myanmar nationals given ‘safe passage’ to Delhi to seek UN refuge
3 years, 10 months ago

Myanmar nationals given ‘safe passage’ to Delhi to seek UN refuge

Al Jazeera  

Seven, including three journalists, set to travel to India’s capital to approach UNHCR after Manipur court orders safe passage for them. Moreh, Manipur, India – Seven Myanmar nationals, including three journalists from a Yangon-based media house, are set to travel to New Delhi to approach the India office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees after a court in …

Rohingya refugees face deportation threat
3 years, 11 months ago

Rohingya refugees face deportation threat

The Hindu  

As Myanmar reels under a violent crackdown following a military coup, Rohingya Muslims who fled to India years ago are being detained and threatened with forced deportation to their troubled country. He termed the Rohingya as “illegal migrants” and said the government would confirm with Myanmar if they were its citizens and then deport them in accordance with law. But …

Rohingya detained in Jammu not to be deported to Myanmar without due process, says Supreme Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Rohingya detained in Jammu not to be deported to Myanmar without due process, says Supreme Court

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court Thursday made it clear that Rohingya, who have been detained in Jammu, shall not be deported to Myanmar unless the procedure prescribed for such deportation is followed by the authorities. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said it is true that rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution are available to all …

Australian couple released from detention in Myanmar
3 years, 11 months ago

Australian couple released from detention in Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

Matthew O’Kane and Christa Avery were put under house arrest after trying to leave Myanmar on a relief flight in March. The pair – who ran a bespoke consultancy business in Myanmar – were put under house arrest after trying to leave the country on a relief flight in March. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the country’s military deposed …

Stop illegal influx from Myanmar, Centre tells northeastern States
4 years ago

Stop illegal influx from Myanmar, Centre tells northeastern States

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has written to the Chief Secretaries of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh to “take appropriate action as per law to check illegal influx from Myanmar into India.” The directive comes weeks after the military coup and subsequent crackdown in the neighbouring country led to several persons crossing over into India. In a letter dated …

US grants Myanmar nationals relief from deportation after coup
4 years ago

US grants Myanmar nationals relief from deportation after coup

Al Jazeera  

Temporary status to be granted to 1,600 Myanmar nationals living in the US, more sanctions likely, officials say. The Biden administration will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to Myanmar citizens living in the United States because of the military’s crackdown following the February 1 coup, senior administration officials said on Friday. The decision means about 1,600 Myanmar nationals …

Malaysia court allows challenge to Myanmar nationals’ deportation
4 years ago

Malaysia court allows challenge to Myanmar nationals’ deportation

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty and Asylum Access brought the case amid concern people returned to Myanmar could be at risk following the military coup. Malaysia’s high court has allowed a challenge brought by two human rights groups against a government plan to deport 1,200 Myanmar nationals back to the country last month. There are 114 Myanmar nationals remaining in Malaysia after most of …

3 Myanmar policemen cross into India seeking refuge
4 years ago

3 Myanmar policemen cross into India seeking refuge

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police in India’s northeastern Mizoram state said Thursday they have detained three …

Malaysia told to end Myanmar deportations after court ruling
4 years, 1 month ago

Malaysia told to end Myanmar deportations after court ruling

Al Jazeera  

US, UN join rights groups questioning Malaysian move to send nationals back to Myanmar after February 1 coup. He noted Myanmar had a “long, documented history of human rights abuses against members of religious and ethnic minority groups.” Malaysia returned 1,086 Myanmar nationals to their home country on three ships sent by Myanmar’s navy on Tuesday night, even though the …

Malaysia deports 1,086 Myanmar nationals despite court order
4 years, 1 month ago

Malaysia deports 1,086 Myanmar nationals despite court order

Al Jazeera  

Immigration chief says the group was sent back on three Myanmar navy ships and do not include Rohingya or asylum seekers. Malaysia has deported 1,086 Myanmar nationals, despite a court order temporarily halting the repatriation amid concerns the group could be at risk if they are returned to military-ruled Myanmar. Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive Director Katrina Jorene Maliamauv said earlier …

Groups seek to stop Malaysia from deporting Myanmar migrants
4 years, 1 month ago

Groups seek to stop Malaysia from deporting Myanmar migrants

Associated Press  

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Two human rights groups made a last-ditch legal bid on Monday to block Malaysia’s plan to deport 1,200 Myanmar migrants, which they say include refugees, asylum seekers and minors. The two groups in their legal bid named three people registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and 17 minors who have at least one …

Alarm as Myanmar ships reach Malaysia to pick up detainees
4 years, 1 month ago

Alarm as Myanmar ships reach Malaysia to pick up detainees

Al Jazeera  

US and UN call on Malaysia to halt the deportation of 1,200 Myanmar nationals saying it could put their lives at risk. The United Nations refugee agency said on Saturday at least six people registered with it were among 1,200 Myanmar nationals to be deported by Malaysia next week, while the United States voiced alarm that the plan could put …

‘Abhorrent’: Malaysia’s plan for Myanmar repatriation condemned
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Abhorrent’: Malaysia’s plan for Myanmar repatriation condemned

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups warn the people could face persecution if they are returned to military-ruled Myanmar. “The Malaysian immigration authorities claim their ‘repatriation program’ does not involve refugees or asylum seekers, but how have they determined this if the UN has been prevented from accessing people in immigration detention for over one and a half years?” asked Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive …

Malaysia To Deport 1,200 Myanmar Migrants Back To Country Rocked By Military Coup
4 years, 1 month ago

Malaysia To Deport 1,200 Myanmar Migrants Back To Country Rocked By Military Coup

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s government will repatriate 1,200 Myanmar migrants next week despite a military coup in their home country, but has assured that they will not include minority Muslim Rohingya refugees or those registered with the U.N. refugee agency. Malaysia’s immigration chief, Khairul Dzaimee Daud, said in a statement late Monday that the detainees will …

Myanmar coup: What we know so far, in 500 words
4 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar coup: What we know so far, in 500 words

Al Jazeera  

A quick look at the coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government. Myanmar’s military has terminated the country’s short-lived experience with democracy by removing democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring a one-year state of emergency. Members of the military government justified Monday’s coup by alleging widespread voter fraud in a November general election that was …

Bangladesh to ship new group of Rohingya refugees to remote island
4 years, 3 months ago

Bangladesh to ship new group of Rohingya refugees to remote island

Live Mint  

Bangladesh will move a second group of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, officials said, despite calls by rights groups to stop the relocation on safety grounds. More than 1,100 Rohingya refugees, members of a Muslim minority who have fled Myanmar, will be moved from a refugee camp near the Myanmar border to …

Unwanted: Bangladesh, Malaysia reject rescued Rohingya refugees
4 years, 9 months ago

Unwanted: Bangladesh, Malaysia reject rescued Rohingya refugees

Al Jazeera  

Bangladesh rejects Malaysia’s suggestion to take back nearly 300 Rohingya refugees who were found drifting at sea. Bangladesh has said it will not take back nearly 300 Rohingya who were detained by Malaysia after their boat was found drifting off the country’s northwestern island of Langkawi, as hostility towards the mostly Muslim refugees continues to grow. Sabri said Malaysia’s foreign …

[Breaking] Calcutta HC Stays Deportation Of Rohingya Couple To 'Uphold The Spirit Of Humanity' [Read Order]
5 years, 3 months ago

[Breaking] Calcutta HC Stays Deportation Of Rohingya Couple To 'Uphold The Spirit Of Humanity' [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, granted relief to a "Rohingya" couple facing deportation to Myanmar. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya not only issued an order of injunction during the pendency of the writ petition from deporting them from India, but also directed the state authorities to ensure that the couple are provided with the basic amenities, compatible with a life worthy …

600,000 Rohingya in Myanmar face ‘serious risk of genocide’: UN
5 years, 6 months ago

600,000 Rohingya in Myanmar face ‘serious risk of genocide’: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN fact-finding mission warns repatriation of a million driven from the country by Myanmar army remains ‘impossible’. Rohingya remaining in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face a “serious risk of genocide”, UN investigators have said, warning that the repatriation of a million others already driven from the country by the army remains “impossible”. The mission, set up by the UN’s Human Rights …

Efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar fail after no one turns up to board buses organised by Bangladesh govt
5 years, 7 months ago

Efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar fail after no one turns up to board buses organised by Bangladesh govt

Firstpost  

A fresh push to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar appeared to fall flat on Thursday, with no one turning up to hop on five buses and 10 trucks laid on by Bangladesh. Teknaf, Bangladesh: A fresh push to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar appeared to fall flat on Thursday, with no one turning up to hop on five buses and …

Bangladesh tells UN it cannot take more Myanmar refugees
6 years ago

Bangladesh tells UN it cannot take more Myanmar refugees

Al Jazeera  

Foreign minister accuses Myanmar of ‘hollow promises’ over 700,000 Rohingya living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has told the United Nations Security Council it cannot take any more refugees from Myanmar, some 18 months after more than 700,000 Rohingya fled across the border amid a brutal military crackdown. “I regret to inform the council that Bangladesh would no longer …

Rohingya repatriation: Refugees should return to Myanmar only at their 'freely expressed wish', says UNHCR
6 years, 4 months ago

Rohingya repatriation: Refugees should return to Myanmar only at their 'freely expressed wish', says UNHCR

Firstpost  

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement Sunday that repatriation of refugees “is premised upon the free and informed decision by refugees… to return”. Since late August 2017, widespread and systematic violence against Myanmar’s mainly-Muslim minority Rohingya community has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in Rakhine State and seek refuge across the country’s …

Rohingya ‘terrified’ about Myanmar repatriation, aid groups say
6 years, 4 months ago

Rohingya ‘terrified’ about Myanmar repatriation, aid groups say

Al Jazeera  

A group of 42 aid agencies says the planned return of Rohingya to Myanmar is ‘premature’ and ‘dangerous’. A plan to start repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya back to Myanmar is premature and the refugees are “terrified” about leaving Bangladesh, dozens of aid agencies working in the region said on Friday. More than 720,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State …

UN blasts India's deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar
6 years, 5 months ago

UN blasts India's deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar

India TV News  

The UN on Friday slammed India's move to deport seven Rohingya immigrants to Myanmar. Expressing the safety and security concern for the deported Rohingya men, the UN said despite warnings that they could face persecution in a country where the military is accused of genocide against the Muslim minority, India deported the seven immigrants. Before their deportation, the UN had …

Rohingya men went voluntarily, India tells U.N.
6 years, 5 months ago

Rohingya men went voluntarily, India tells U.N.

The Hindu  

India rejected the United Nations statement that its repatriation of seven Rohingya men violated the U.N. principle of “refoulement” or “forcibly deporting people to a place they could be persecuted,” saying that the men, who were handed over to Myanmar officials at the border on Thursday, had gone voluntarily. “Upon reconfirming their willingness to be repatriated, and with the full …

SC Dismisses Plea Against Deportation 7 Rohingya Refugees To Myanmar
6 years, 5 months ago

SC Dismisses Plea Against Deportation 7 Rohingya Refugees To Myanmar

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday dismissed an interim application seeking a stay on the proposed deportation of 7 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.The bench, also comprising Justices S. K. Kaul and K. M. Joseph, attached weight to the Centre’s submission that the concerned refugees have been found to be illegal immigrants.Advocate Prashant Bhushan,. The …

SC Dismisses Plea Against Deportation 7 Rohingya Refugees To Myanmar
6 years, 5 months ago

SC Dismisses Plea Against Deportation 7 Rohingya Refugees To Myanmar

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday dismissed an interim application seeking a stay on the proposed deportation of 7 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.The bench, also comprising Justices S. K. Kaul and K. M. Joseph, attached weight to the Centre’s submission that the concerned refugees have been found to be illegal immigrants.Advocate Prashant Bhushan,. The …

UN urges India not to deport seven Rohingya
6 years, 5 months ago

UN urges India not to deport seven Rohingya

The Hindu  

As India prepares to deport seven Rohingya “illegals” to Myanmar on Thursday, two United Nations bodies criticised the proposed move and urged the Indian government to refrain from doing anything that would endanger the lives of those it plans to deport. “UN High Commissioner for Refugees has expressed its view that the current conditions in Rakhine State in Myanmar are …

Myanmar military leaders should face genocide charges, UN says
6 years, 7 months ago

Myanmar military leaders should face genocide charges, UN says

CNN  

CNN — An independent United Nations investigation into alleged human rights abuses carried out against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has called for the country’s military leaders to be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Masfiqur Sohan/NurPhoto via Getty Images Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar hold their infant son Abdul Masood, who died when their boat capsized …

UN Security Council urges Myanmar to create conditions for safe return of Rohingya from Bangladesh
6 years, 8 months ago

UN Security Council urges Myanmar to create conditions for safe return of Rohingya from Bangladesh

Firstpost  

The UN Security Council has urged Myanmar’s government to step up efforts to create conditions that will allow Rohingya Muslims who fled a violent crackdown to safely return to the country from neighbouring Bangladesh. Security Council members again stressed “the importance of undertaking transparent and independent investigations in allegations of human rights abuses and violations.” The new UN special envoy …

Myanmar willing to take back Rohingya refugees if they volunteer to return, says its national security adviser
6 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar willing to take back Rohingya refugees if they volunteer to return, says its national security adviser

Firstpost  

Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country’s National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said on Saturday. Singapore: Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country’s National Security Adviser Thaung Tun …

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