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Bachelet assures UN’s efforts to ensure safe return of Rohingyas to Myanmar
Acknowledging Bangladesh’s great difficulty in dealing with the Rohingya crisis, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Sunday assured the UN’s continued efforts to realize safe and voluntary return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. She made the assurance when Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that protracted stay of the displaced Rohingyas […]
If Rohingya must be moved, Bangladesh has to allay fears
The government of Bangladesh has begun moving thousands of Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar, near the border with Myanmar, to Bhasan Char, a silt island in the Bay of Bengal. This is deeply regrettable. We must understand why the government of Bangladesh feels it needs to do this. Cox’s Bazar is struggling under the weight […]
Bhasan Char comes alive with Rohingya residents. Now they want to bring in more refugees
Many of them are thinking about advising their relatives in the refugee camps to move to the remote island at the estuary of the Meghna in Noakhali’s Hatia. One of the refugees, Mohammad Hossain, has taken his wife and two children along with him but left behind his parents and the family of his brother […]
Bangladesh Begins Moving Displaced Rohingya Muslims To Island
Authorities in Bangladesh are pushing ahead with the relocation of tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, despite concerns raised by human rights groups and the United Nations. On Thursday, the first group of about 1,500 Rohingya were placed aboard several navy vessels heading toward to Bhashan […]
Entire int’l community should stand together over Rohingya repatriation: EU
European Union (EU) ambassador to Bangladesh Rensje Teerink on Wednesday said the whole international community should stand together to find a solution to the Rohingya crisis with focus on their voluntary and sustainable repatriation to Myanmar, reports UNB. “It’s crystal clear that they want to go back home (Myanmar). They don’t want to stay at […]
Bangladesh donates $500,000 to Gambia for Rohingya case
Bangladesh donated funds worth $500,000 on Saturday to support Gambia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to secure rights for the persecuted Rohingya Muslims. The funds were handed over at the ongoing 47th OIC foreign ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Niger. Some 1.2 million Rohingya refugees are being hosted […]
Turkey hands out winter aid to Rohingya in Bangladesh
Turkey’s state aid agency on Sunday finished handing out blankets to 5,000 Rohingya families in Bangladesh’s refugee camps on the eve of the arrival of winter, Anadolu Agency reports. “As part of our winter gifts to the Rohingya Muslims we have completed distribution of blankets to 5,000 Rohingya families. We will continue our support to the persecuted […]
Rohingya: Malaysia urged to end raids, detention amid COVID-19
Rohingya Women Development Network (RWDN) and Fortify Rights on Tuesday said the government of Malaysia should end arbitrary arrests and detention of refugees and migrants. RWDN and Fortify Rights interviewed 13 Rohingya refugees in Malaysia who described the ongoing risk of arrest and the effects of restrictions on movement and access to livelihoods. “Malaysia should […]
Joint Statement: Syrian Refugees in Cyprus pushed back to Turkey
On 15 May 2020, the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) forcibly sent 100 Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, to Mersin, Turkey. They have been transferred to Kilis, near the Syrian border, where they are now. Most of the 100 Syrian refugees – 56 – are children and women and girls […]
Over 65 migrants, refugees held in northwestern Turkey
undocumented migrants and refugees were held in northwestern Edirne province on Dec. 30, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing a security official. The migrants and refugees were from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Morocco, India and Bangladesh, trying to cross into Europe illegally, the agency reported, citing the official who asked not to be named due to restrictions […]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 […]
