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Rohingya refugees receive first COVID vaccinations in Bangladesh
The agency welcomed the start of the vaccination drive, in line with national authorities’ broader public health efforts, which began on Tuesday. “The first step in fully protecting communities…is through the rollout of vaccination[s]”, said Johannes Van Der Klaauw, UNHCR’s Representative in Bangladesh. Fair distribution UNHCR stressed that when allocating the vaccines, the equitable inclusion of Rohingya refugees is critical to curbing the spread of the deadly disease. The drive is being led by the […]
Myanmar coup displaces thousands as global refugee numbers rise
A record 82.4 million people have been displaced around the world in 2020 due to violence and persecution, including an estimated 680,000 in Myanmar following ethnic conflict and the recent military coup, according to the United Nations refugee agency. Indrika Ratwatte, director of the UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, said in Bangkok […]
Rohingya in ‘island jail’ after relocation to Bhasan Char
The Bangladesh government has relocated nearly 20,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island without adequate health care, livelihood or protection, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on June 7. The 58-page report, “An Island Jail in the Middle of the Sea: Bangladesh’s Relocation of Rohingya Refugees to Bhasan Char,” stated: “The United […]
Why the National Unity Government’s Statement on Myanmar’s Rohingya Is Important
On June 3, Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) – a shadow government formed by civilian lawmakers deposed by the military in its 1 February coup – released a historic position paper on the country’s Rohingya community. The three-page document formally lays down a set of pledges and positions that mark a clear break from the […]
All Mercy Supervisors Monitoring Teachers’ Classes Maintaining Health Issues for the Sake of Ensuring Quality Education.
Staff Reporter Coxbazar Mercy Refugees House Bangladesh Team. Mercy Refugees House has been working with children education at Rohingya Refugees camps since January 2018 by posting 40 teachers combining both male and female. The teachers had been teaching students in two shifts (morning and afternoon) separating grades. There were a lot of high standard books […]
Justice and the Rohingya people are the losers in Asia’s new cold war
he persecution, ethnic cleansing, and attempted genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is an affront to the rule of law, a well-documented atrocity and, according to a top international lawyer, a moral stain on “our collective conscience and humanity”. So why are the killings and other horrors continuing while known perpetrators go unpunished? It’s a […]
Myanmar begins to engage on Rohingya genocide
The Center for Global Policy last week ran a webinar panel session on the Rohingya genocide. Representatives of Myanmar had previously been invited to such events but had always declined the invitations. Much to our surprise, however, the deputy chief of mission of Myanmar to the US in Washington accepted this invitation. This kind of […]
Education programming for refugee women & girls: Findings from a needs assessment study
With 1 billion students and youth across the globe affected by school and university closures, there is increasing debate around ongoing disruption in education. Many perceive this as a wake-up call to develop and adopt alternative education modalities such as interactive audio instruction through television, radio, and mobile phones. These discussions and possible shifts, to […]
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 […]
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 […]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 […]
