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UNHCR ‘not involved’ in discussions on Bangladesh-Myanmar pilot project on Rohingya repatriation
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has said conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State are currently “not conducive” to the sustainable return of Rohingya refugees. “UNHCR’s position on returns of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar remains unchanged,” said the UN agency sharing its assessment. The UN agency said it is aware of the visit of a Myanmar delegation […]
UNHCR: Rakhine not safe for Myanmar’s Rohingya repatriation pilot project
The United Nations refugee agency said Wednesday that conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were not favorable for the safe return of 1,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh whom Myanmar wants to repatriate under a China-mediated program. A delegation from Myanmar arrived in the Bangladeshi border town of Teknaf on Wednesday to begin interviewing Rohingya in an effort […]
Myanmar team visits Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya repatriation project
A delegation from Myanmar is visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for a pilot repatriation project. A Bangladeshi official said on Wednesday it was unclear when the mainly Muslim refugees would be going home. Nearly a million Rohingya are living in camps in Bangladesh in the […]
Myanmar takes sudden initiative for Rohingya repatriation, pressure from China
Myanmar has suddenly displayed an interest in Rohingya repatriation. As part of their initiative in this regard, diplomats of eight countries posted in Yangon were taken to Rakhine last week. They included diplomats from Bangladesh, India and China, among other countries. The country has now brought forward the issue of taking back over a thousand […]
Rohingya camp fire was ‘planned sabotage’ – investigators
The blaze which swept through the world’s largest refugee camp last week was a “planned and purposeful act of sabotage,” investigators say. The fire on 5 March in Bangladesh left 15,000 Rohingya refugees homeless and gutted some 2,800 shelters. Militant groups had started the fire to “dominate” the camps, said the government official leading the […]
Probe body: Balukhali Rohingya camp fire was an act of sabotage
The seven-member probe body, which was formed to investigate the recent fire at the Balukhali Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, said the incident was an act of sabotage. After handing over the investigation report to the Cox’s Bazar deputy commissioner at around 4:30pm on Sunday, the head of the Investigation Committee and Additional District Magistrate […]
Ukraine war shifted global attention from Rohingya crisis: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the war in Ukraine and its refugees have attracted the global attention, shifting the focus from the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh which makes the situation more difficult. “The war (in Ukraine) has made the situation more difficult. The whole focus is now on the war and the refugees from […]
Concerns mount over UN food aid cut for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Concerns are mounting over the World Food Programme’s (WFP) decision to slash food support for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh due to a funding crisis. On March 1, the WFP, citing a $125m donation shortfall, cut the monthly food vouchers for the refugees from $12 to $10 per person, warning further cuts were “imminent” without an immediate […]
Fire blazes through crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said. The blaze hit Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district where more than a million Rohingya refugees live, with most having fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in […]
The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings
For decades, as an ethnic minority group, the Rohingya people have faced discrimination, oppression, and persecution in Myanmar. Stripped from their access to property, citizenship, and other basic rights, the predominantly Muslim Rohingya have been subjected to multiple waves of deadly, state-sponsored violence, as well as attacks of genocide.[1] Such conditions have resulted in 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 […]
