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Keep calm, senior minister says on Rohingya issue
KUALA LUMPUR: Investigations will be carried out into news, videos and audios circulating on social media about the Rohingya community. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said for now, Malaysians should keep calm and not raise issues that could result in unwanted incidents. He said police were investigating the matter as some […]
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees stuck at sea, say rights groups
Hundreds more Rohingya refugees remain stuck at sea, rights groups have warned, just one day after it emerged that dozens of people died onboard a boat that was refused entry to Malaysia and left adrift for two months. On Friday, Malaysia’s air force confirmed it had denied entry to a second boat carrying about 200 Rohingya people, claiming it […]
Myanmar ships 800 freed Rohingya prisoners back to Rakhine
The Myanmar Government shipped hundreds of recently released Rohingya inmates back to the country’s restive western borderlands on Monday (April 20), after fears that its overcrowded prisons could become hotbeds for runaway Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreaks. Men, women and children belonging to the stateless and long-persecuted Muslim minority were among nearly 25,000 prisoners freed last week […]
Malaysia: Allow Rohingya Refugees Ashore
Malaysia’s government is risking lives by pushing back overloaded boats of Rohingya refugees, Human Rights Watch said today. The government can appropriately respond to the Covid-19 pandemic without blocking life-saving rescues of seaborne asylum seekers. Malaysia has recently pushed back to sea at least two boats filled with Rohingya refugees. On April 16, 2020, the Malaysian […]
Govt, humanitarian community to ensure health services in Rohingya camps: IOM
The government and the humanitarian community, including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are now delivering a “wide array of supports” to ensure that health services for both Rohingyas and the host community are ready. The initiatives are taken recognising the risks that the COVID-19 outbreak could pose to one of the largest refugee camps in […]
Refugee camps in Bangladesh put under ‘complete lockdown’
Bangladesh has imposed a “complete lockdown” in Cox’s Bazar district — home to over a million Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar — to halt the spread of coronavirus, officials said. Experts have warned that the disease could spread quickly through the cramped, sewage-soaked alleys where the persecuted Muslim minority are housed in canvas and bamboo […]
Rohingya camps in Bangladesh under complete virus lockdown
The Bangladesh government has imposed a “complete lockdown” in the Cox’s Bazar district, where over a million Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar are living in cramped camps. Experts have warned the disease could spread quickly through the alleys of the settlements. No coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the camps as yet, but one infection has been […]
COVID-19: Lockdown drives Rohingya refugees to verge of starvation in Hyderabad
The lockdown imposed to deal with the threat of coronavirus has driven Rohingya refugees in Hyderabad to the verge of starvation. In about six different settlements of about 6,000 Rohingyas in the city, more than COVID-19, the hunger and misery is seen as a bigger threat to their survival. Though various social organisations and NGOs […]
Coronavirus Concern Grows For Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Concern is growing about a possible outbreak of the new coronavirus in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. Officials warn that containing the disease among the more than 1 million Rohingya refugees will be extremely difficult. About 40,000 people per square kilometer live in temporary shelters made mostly of sticks and plastic. The density […]
Malaysia detains boatload of 202 presumed Rohingya refugees
Malaysia — Malaysian authorities said they have arrested a boatload of 202 people believed to be minority Muslim Rohingya refugees after their boat was found adrift Sunday morning near the northern resort island of Langkawi. A Northern District maritime official, Capt. Zulinda Ramly, said the refugees included 152 men, 45 women and five children. She said some of the […]Donate Now
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It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]
