Bangladesh: Is Bhasan Char a ‘prison island’ for the Rohingya?
3 years, 6 months ago

Bangladesh: Is Bhasan Char a ‘prison island’ for the Rohingya?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, June 15 at 19:30GMT: Concerns are mounting about the fate of some 20,000 Rohingya refugees who have been relocated to a remote island 60km off the coast of Bangladesh in recent months. To help ease crowding there, government officials aim to move 100,000 refugees from the mainland into the $350 million Bhasan Char development. “Putting unwilling refugees on a remote, low-lying island where cyclones are common is a bad idea,” said Bill Frelick, HRW’s refugee and migrant rights director. “Rohingya refugees who have lost and suffered so much need to be treated with dignity and respect for their safety and well-being and be allowed to make informed, voluntary choices about their living conditions until long-term solutions can be found.” However, as the refugee crisis enters its fourth year, Myanmar has not taken any steps to repatriate the Rohingya, and conditions remain unsafe for their return. On this episode we speak with: Wai Wai Nu, @waiwainu Executive Director & Founder, Women’s Peace Network Nadia Hardman, @Nadia_Hardman Refugee and Migrant Rights Researcher, Human Rights Watch Tanvir Chowdhury, @tanvirbengal Reporter/Producer, Al Jazeera English

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

UN refugee chief says Rohingya who fled Myanmar must not be forgotten during other world crises
1 year, 2 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 …

A new wave of violence rocks Rohingya camps
1 year, 5 months ago

A new wave of violence rocks Rohingya camps

The Hindu  

In a brazen, daylight attack earlier this month, a group of assailants knifed a Rohingya community leader to death in Cox’s Bazar and fled. The rights group documented 26 cases of violence against Rohingya, including murder, kidnapping, torture, rape and sexual assault, and forced marriage, drawing on interviews with 45 Rohingya refugees between January and April 2023. Several Rohingya reported …

Rohingya in Bangladesh protest to be sent home after UN aid cut
1 year, 6 months ago

Rohingya in Bangladesh protest to be sent home after UN aid cut

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of refugees demonstrate in Bangladesh camps to push for repatriation to Myanmar after food ration is slashed. ‘What future do we have here?’ Rohingya community leader Mohammad Jashim said he was keen to return to Myanmar but wanted his citizenship rights guaranteed. We want to go back home with all our rights, including citizenship, free movement, livelihood, …

UN agencies face funding challenges in feeding Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, official says
1 year, 6 months ago

UN agencies face funding challenges in feeding Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, official says

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh should not bear the burden of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees alone while U.N. agencies are facing challenges to feed them, a United Nations official said Monday. Olivier De Schutter, a U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, made the statement at the end of a 12-day trip to Bangladesh, where he visited …

HRW condemns Bangladesh, Myanmar on plan to repatriate Rohingya
1 year, 7 months ago

HRW condemns Bangladesh, Myanmar on plan to repatriate Rohingya

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh ‘shouldn’t forget why Rohingya became refugees’ and recognise that those factors have not changed. The Human Rights Watch has criticised sharply a plan to return Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, saying it poses “grave risks” to their lives and liberty. “Bangladesh authorities shouldn’t forget the reasons why Rohingya became refugees in the first place, …

More than 180 Rohingya refugees land in western Indonesia
1 year, 8 months ago

More than 180 Rohingya refugees land in western Indonesia

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of Rohingya have reached Indonesia since November last year as they escape desperate conditions in Myanmar and camps in Bangladesh. Indonesian officials have said that more than 180 Rohingya refugees landed in the country’s western Aceh province, the latest among hundreds who have fled by boat from desperate conditions in Myanmar and in camps in Bangladesh. A spokesperson for …

Thousands of Rohingya refugees homeless after Bangladesh camp fire: United Nations
1 year, 9 months ago

Thousands of Rohingya refugees homeless after Bangladesh camp fire: United Nations

Firstpost  

Dhaka: More than 12,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have been left homeless due to a fire that swept through a camp at Cox’s Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh, the United Nations said. More than one million Rohingya refugees live in camps in Cox’s Bazar, most having fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in 2017. “The government should recognise the danger of keeping …

160 sea-borne Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh feared adrift in Andaman Sea
2 years ago

160 sea-borne Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh feared adrift in Andaman Sea

India Today  

Nearly 160 Rohingya refugees who have fled from camps in Bangladesh are now believed adrift in the Andaman Sea as their boat’s engine broke down. One of the refugees managed to contact the Rohingya Human Rights Initiative and give the coordinates which showed the ship drifting southeast of the Andaman Islands towards Aceh in Indonesia. “Since the contact was made …

Rohingya mark fifth anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh
2 years, 3 months ago

Rohingya mark fifth anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh

The Hindu  

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees on August 25 marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, while the United States, European Union, and other Western nations pledged to continue supporting the refugees' pursuit of justice in international courts. “We continue to support the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, the case under the Genocide Convention that The …

‘Feeling like prisoners’: The plight of Rohingya refugees today
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Feeling like prisoners’: The plight of Rohingya refugees today

Al Jazeera  

Five years after crackdown by security forces led to mass exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya remain stuck in ‘cruel limbo’. The violence – which included reports of gang rape, mass killings, and forced expulsion – brought renewed international attention to decades of documented persecution against the mostly Muslim Rohingya, who are largely stateless after years of what rights monitors have called …

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back
2 years, 4 months ago

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back

Hindustan Times  

Bangladesh's leader told a visiting UN official on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, where they had fled waves of violent persecution. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the comment to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. More than 700,000 …

Send the Rohingya back: VHP
2 years, 4 months ago

Send the Rohingya back: VHP

The Hindu  

The Central working president of Vishva Hindu Parishad Alok Kumar on Wednesday expressed shock and dissatisfaction over Union Minister Hardeep Puri terming Rohingya Muslims as refugees and allotting to them the EWS flats in Bakkarwala in the city. The VHP maintained that Rohingyas are not refugees but infiltrators and has urged the Government of India to reconsider the decision of …

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back
2 years, 4 months ago

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s leader told a visiting U.N. official on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, where they had fled waves of violent persecution. More than 700,000 fled to Bangladesh starting in late August 2017 when the Myanmar military launched a “clearance operation” against …

Rohingyas and EWS flats controversy: All you need to know
2 years, 4 months ago

Rohingyas and EWS flats controversy: All you need to know

Op India  

The issue of Rohingya Muslims living in India created a major storm today after union Housing & Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri claimed that the government has decided to settle Rohingyas living in camps in Delhi EWS flats. On the demands of accepting the Rohingyas as refugees, the Modi govt has been saying that as India is not a …

Bangladesh tells UN that Rohingya refugees must return to Myanmar
2 years, 4 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 …

India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital
2 years, 4 months ago

India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital

Al Jazeera  

Hours after a federal minister says the refugees will be given apartments in New Delhi, the home ministry denies the media reports. Hours after a federal minister said Rohingya will be given apartments in the capital, India’s home ministry has denied giving such instructions, saying the refugees would be held at a detention centre and eventually deported. “India respects and …

‘It’s hell’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally to ‘go home’
2 years, 6 months ago

‘It’s hell’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally to ‘go home’

Al Jazeera  

Rohingya refugees living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh are demanding to go home to Myanmar. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations to demand repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled a brutal military crackdown five years ago. The “Bari Cholo” campaign involved 23 Rohingya camps, 21 in Ukhiam and two in Teknaf Upazila, a government official …

Rohingya to mark 5 years in Bangladesh refugee camps
2 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya to mark 5 years in Bangladesh refugee camps

The Hindu  

Nurul Amin has spent nearly five years in the Kutupalong refugee camps near the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar where green hills meet the Bay of Bengal. Five years ago, he worked with a Norwegian NGO in Maungdaw of Rakhine state, where the Myanmar military carried out a campaign that made normal living impossible for the members of the Rohingya …

UN official urges world not to forget Rohingya refugees
2 years, 6 months ago

UN official urges world not to forget Rohingya refugees

India Today  

The head of the UN refugee agency urged the international community on Wednesday not to forget more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who are living in sprawling camps in Bangladesh after fleeing from neighbouring Myanmar. More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled from Buddhist-majority Myanmar to refugee camps in Bangladesh after August 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a clearance operation …

More support for Rohingya on Bangladesh island: UN refugee chief
2 years, 7 months ago

More support for Rohingya on Bangladesh island: UN refugee chief

Al Jazeera  

The UN refugee agency chief has agreed to boost support to Rohingya refugees relocated to a remote and flood-prone island in Bangladesh, despite concerns people were moved there against their will. Bangladesh aims to eventually relocate around 100,000 Rohingya refugees to the previously uninhabited Bhashan Char to ease overcrowding in the sprawling network of refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar. “I …

Rohingya refugees welcome U.S. decision to call Myanmar’s repression of them a genocide
2 years, 9 months ago

Rohingya refugees welcome U.S. decision to call Myanmar’s repression of them a genocide

LA Times  

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on Monday welcomed the announcement by the United States that it considers the violent repression of their largely Muslim ethnic group in Myanmar a genocide. “It has been 60 years starting from 1962 that the Myanmar government has been torturing us and many other communities including Rohingya,” he said. “I think a path to take action …

Do more to resolve Rohingya crisis: UN envoy in Bangladesh
3 years ago

Do more to resolve Rohingya crisis: UN envoy in Bangladesh

Al Jazeera  

Special UN rapporteur says international community should build better partnership with Bangladesh and cut off Myanmar military. A special rapporteur of the United Nations says the international community should build a better partnership with Bangladesh and cut off the Myanmar military leadership in dealing with the Rohingya refugee crisis. “Bangladesh cannot and should not bear this responsibility alone,” Tom Andrews, …

Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya to remote island amid criticism
3 years, 1 month ago

Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya to remote island amid criticism

Al Jazeera  

More than 2,000 Rohingya are set to be transferred to Bhashan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, amid claims of forced relocations. Bangladesh has resumed moving Rohingya refugees to a remote and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, despite criticism from human rights and aid groups who claim some have been relocated against their will. Deputy refugee commissioner …

No Plan To Deport Rohingyas: Karnataka Govt Tells Supreme Court In A PIL Seeking Deportation of Rohingya Refugees
3 years, 1 month ago

No Plan To Deport Rohingyas: Karnataka Govt Tells Supreme Court In A PIL Seeking Deportation of Rohingya Refugees

Live Law  

The Karnataka government told the Supreme Court that "it had no immediate plan of deporting" Rohingya refugees currently living in the State. The state government has filed a Statement of Objections in response to a writ petition filed by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking immediate deportation of all illegal immigrants and infiltrators including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas within one …

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island
3 years, 2 months ago

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island

Associated Press  

DHAKA,Bangladesh — The United Nations and Bangladesh’s government have signed an agreement to work together to help Rohingya refugees on an island in the Bay of Bengal where thousands have been relocated from crammed camps near the Myanmar border. More than 19,000 Rohingya have already been moved to the Bhasan Char island by the government, and the U.N. said one …

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island
3 years, 2 months ago

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island

Al Jazeera  

Authorities said another 81,000 refugees would be relocated to the remote Bhasan Char island over next three months. After Saturday’s agreement, authorities said another 81,000 refugees would be relocated to the island over the next three months. In a statement, the UN high commissioner for refugees said the agreement was a further expression of Bangladesh’s “generosity and support toward the …

Bangladesh signs U.N. deal to help Rohingya refugees on island
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh signs U.N. deal to help Rohingya refugees on island

The Hindu  

U.N. officials signed a deal with Bangladesh on Saturday to help provide basic services to thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been moved to camps on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal. The Bangladeshi government has moved nearly 19,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island from border camps despite protests by some refugees and opposition from rights …

Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal: officials
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal: officials

The Hindu  

Bangladesh wants to send more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after sealing an agreement for the United Nations to provide help, officials said on Friday. Some 19,000 of the Muslim refugees from Myanmar have been already relocated from crowded camps on the mainland to Bhashan Char island, despite doubts raised by aid …

Four years on, Rohingya stuck in Bangladesh camps yearn for home
3 years, 4 months ago

Four years on, Rohingya stuck in Bangladesh camps yearn for home

Al Jazeera  

Four years after 750,000 Rohingya fled brutal Myanmar military offensive, many see no hope of returning to their homeland. Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera that the relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char is evidence that the Bangladesh government recognises that the “conditions for safe repatriation simply don’t exist currently”. “If the government …

Dozens of Rohingya refugees missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh
3 years, 4 months ago

Dozens of Rohingya refugees missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh

Al Jazeera  

At least 27 missing after boat sinks during an attempt to escape Bangladeshi island camp criticised by rights groups. At least 27 Rohingya refugees have been missing after their boat sank during an attempt to escape a Bangladeshi island camp criticised by human rights groups, officials said. Police said the small fishing boat sank with 41 Rohingya on board after …

Rohingya: The most unwanted people in the world and monsoon is certainly not helping
3 years, 4 months ago

Rohingya: The most unwanted people in the world and monsoon is certainly not helping

India Today  

The world's largest refugee settlement is in Bangladesh, and it is in danger of being washed away. In 2017, the then United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raád Al Hussein had gone on record to say, “The situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” He made this statement as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled …

Diarrhoea kills at least 4 Rohingya on remote Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Diarrhoea kills at least 4 Rohingya on remote Bangladesh island

Al Jazeera  

Officials claim to have contained outbreak which infected 1,500 refugees – nearly 10 percent of those shifted to Bhashan Char. Bangladesh officials say they have contained a diarrhoea outbreak that has killed four Rohingya refugees and infected 1,500 others, alarming rights groups and the United Nations about conditions on the island camp. “We have also imparted quick health education to …

Amid hunger and poor sanitation, fear of cyclones exacerbate plight of Rohingya refugees on Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Amid hunger and poor sanitation, fear of cyclones exacerbate plight of Rohingya refugees on Bangladesh island

Firstpost  

The island is between Sandwip and Hatia islands, close to the small town of Bhola – all infamous names in the history of cyclones. By Saleh Noman Around 18,500 Rohingya refugees on Bhashan Char heaved a sigh of relief as Cyclone Yaas veered in the Bay of Bengal and hit the Odisha-West Bengal coast on 26 May. The Bangladeshi government …

Rohingya on Bangladesh island feel trapped, fear monsoons: HRW
3 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya on Bangladesh island feel trapped, fear monsoons: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch interviews 167 refugees and says they were moved ‘without full, informed consent’ and prevented from returning to the mainland. Rohingya refugees moved to a Bangladesh island fear they will be exposed to terrible conditions during the upcoming monsoon season, and are struggling with “inadequate” health and education facilities, a Human Rights Watch report said. “They are not …

Rohingya protest against living conditions on Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya protest against living conditions on Bangladesh island

Al Jazeera  

Police say 4,000 refugees demonstrated when senior UN officials arrived on remote Bhasan Char island to visit the settlement. Several thousand Rohingya refugees have staged “unruly” protests against living conditions on a cyclone-prone island off Bangladesh where they were moved from vast camps on the mainland, police said. Since December, Bangladesh has shifted 18,000 out of a planned 100,000 refugees …

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