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- COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh reach 1 million, causing major concern for Rohingya refugees
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- Opinion: Bangladesh is supposed to be a host to the Rohingya refugees, not their jailer
- Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Putting the pieces of the puzzle together
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Mosque in Indian capital’s Rohingya camp bulldozed: Refugees
Police and civil authorities in the Indian capital have demolished a makeshift mosque in a Rohingya camp, say the refugees, weeks after a massive fire had engulfed the settlement. The mosque, made up of tarpaulin sheets and bamboo sticks, was bulldozed at about 7am local time (01:30 GMT) on Thursday, at the camp located in […]
COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh reach 1 million, causing major concern for Rohingya refugees
Cases of COVID-19 in Bangladesh reached 1 million last night, as the presence of new variants of the virus accelerated its spread in recent days. Bangladesh’s vaccine rollout has restarted in the last 24 hours but Rohingya refugees have not yet been reached, sparking concern among NGOs supporting those who live in the most densely populated refugee […]
Indefinite Hosting of Rohingya Refugees a Growing Concern for Bangladesh
On June 23, 2021, during the ninth Moscow Conference on International Security, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated a request for global cooperation to ensure the dignified and peaceful repatriation of Rohingya refugees, stating that “they are posing huge security threat to Bangladesh as well as the region.” Earlier, on June 16, expressing similar concers, the foreign […]
Opinion: Bangladesh is supposed to be a host to the Rohingya refugees, not their jailer
When Bangladesh started relocating Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to its remote island of Bhasan Char in December, I met Saiful, a 10-year-old boy with an amputated leg. Saiful’s mother hoped he would one day become a doctor and offered an upbeat quote from him: “Now I can walk freely and even play.” It seemed to be […]
Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Putting the pieces of the puzzle together
One of the most puzzling questions that has yet to be answered is, how did the Myanmar Army get away with such large scale atrocities against the Rohingya? To solve this conundrum, one needs to go back to the military’s deliberate and planned strategy that led to the horrific clampdown that forced thousands of Rohingya […]
Rohingya United: the football team bringing together refugees
Aafique Mohammed lists the fortnightly rations doled out by United Nations personnel. “One kilogram of rice, a bit of oil.” He thinks for a second. “Dahl, some vegetables. There were a lot of people and little food. It was not ever, ever enough.” It was all Mohammed ate for the first 13 years of his […]
Rohingya Repatriation Unlikely If It’s ‘Business as Usual’ in Global Politics
Since the February 1 military coup in Myanmar, every element of the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees living in Bangladesh back to Myanmar has been up in the air. Days after the coup, junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing said in a television address that the junta would continue to repatriate the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. Waves […]
Displaced Rohingya navigate new parenthood in Bangladesh
Kawser and Mohammed met in a Rohingya camp here in 2018 after being forced to flee their homes in Myanmar. “She had seen me with my siblings and my mother, whereas I got to know her through my brother. I was too shy to introduce myself in person,” Mohammed, 25, said. “She was too pretty […]
The UNGA Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar: Why was the Rohingya Issue Neglected?
The United Nations General Assembly resolution on the ‘Situation in Myanmar’ adopted on 18 June 2021 with 119 votes in favour, 1 against and 36 abstentions has raised a fundamental question of excluding a critical issue of today’s world, the Rohingya crisis. The resolution has basically called for an arms embargo against Myanmar and condemned […]
Rohingya NID scam: Personal assistant of EC employee placed on 1-day remand
A Chattogram court today placed a man on a one-day remand in a case filed over providing Rohingya refugees with National Identification (NID) cards. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Mehnaz Rahman passed the remand order against Md Jafar alias Shwapan (38) after police produced him before the court today, reports our Chattogram correspondent. “Jafar is the personal […]Recent Posts
Police and civil authorities in the Indian capital have demolished a makeshift mosque in a Rohingya camp, say the refugees, weeks after a massive fire had engulfed the settlement. The mosque, made up of tarpaulin sheets and bamboo sticks, was bulldozed at about 7am local time (01:30 GMT) on Thursday, at the camp located in […]
