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Activists Concerned About Reports of Rohingya Refugees Being Coerced to Repatriate to Myanmar
Rights activists have expressed concerns about reports that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are being coerced and offered cash incentives by the Bangladesh government to return to Myanmar. Bangladesh “must immediately suspend” the pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, a senior U.N. expert said. “In the past fortnight, [Bangladeshi] government officials threatened […]
Japan donates $4.4m as food assistance to Rohingyas
Japan has donated $4.4 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) as food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. The donation comes amid a fund crisis which has forced UN to cut food aid for around one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. An exchange of notes was signed […]
Bangladesh seeks stronger support from int’l community for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh has sought stronger support from the international community for speedy, safe and dignified repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingya people to Myanmar. The international community was asked to enhance their support on the Rohingya issue at a high-level meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office here in the city on Sunday. PM’s Principal Secretary Md […]
Supporting the extreme poor in Cox’s Bazar
There is no denying the fact that more than 730,000 forcibly displaced Rohingya living in the camps at Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas in Cox’s Bazar since August 2017, with a traumatic past and an uncertain future, is a grave humanitarian crisis. But this large-scale influx, in an ecologically vulnerable region like Cox’s Bazar, has had […]
OIC chief visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha today visited several Rohingya camps in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar. He reached Cox’s Bazar by air on Monday morning and went to Kutupalong Four Extension Camp in Ukhiya. Later, he visited several other camps in Ukhiya. At the camps, the OIC Secretary General held a […]
Rohingya Case at ICJ: OIC seeks support from member states
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha has urged the member states to do more and help The Gambia with funds to run the case in the International Court of Justice on Rohingya genocide. “We call upon all OIC member states to join them in this case and give support to this […]
WFP further cuts food vouchers for Rohingyas
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has cut food vouchers for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar to just $8, or less than 9 cents per meal, just weeks after thousands of refugees lost their homes to Cyclone Mocha, putting another blow to them. Funding shortfalls already forced WFP to cut its food vouchers from US$ 12 […]
Joint operation to prevent violence in Rohingya camps soon
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said a joint operation will be conducted very soon to seize arms and drugs and to prevent terrorist activities in the Rohingya camps. If necessary, the army will also be involved in this operation, he said. The minister made the remarks while talking to reporters after attending a meeting of […]
UN food agency to cut rations for Rohingya refugees again
The United Nations (UN) food agency said on Monday lack of funding has forced it to cut food aid for around one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh for the second time in three months. Rations would be cut from $10 per person per month to $8 from June 1, World Food Program […]
HRW condemns Bangladesh, Myanmar on plan to repatriate Rohingya
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 is home to about a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar that is now subject to a United Nations genocide investigation. […]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 […]
