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Myanmar arrests 112 Rohingya for travelling ‘without official documents’
Myanmar authorities have arrested more than 110 Rohingya, including children, for travelling “without official documents” as they tried to make their way to Malaysia, state media reported on Friday. A total of 112 people, including a dozen children, were arrested in the south-eastern township of Bogale, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar, with […]
Save Rohingya from starvation at sea, UN refugee agency urges Asian countries
The plight of nearly 200 Rohingya refugees adrift in the Indian Ocean for the past month is growing increasingly desperate, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Friday, as it repeated its call for countries in the region to help save them. Many passengers are feared dead and survivors are said to be on the brink of starvation […]
Children among dead as stranded Rohingya face starvation at sea, families say
Many Rohingya are feared dead at sea more than three weeks after their boat became stranded off the Indian coast, where at least 160 people remain aboard on the brink of starvation, family members and the United Nations’ refugee agency said. Mohammed Rezuwan Khan, whose sister and 5-year-old niece are on the vessel, told CNN Wednesday that […]
Call to save Rohingya refugees adrift at sea without water, food
A group of politicians in Southeast Asia has urged regional governments to immediately launch a search and rescue operation for a boat reported to be carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees that has been adrift in waters off the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and India for weeks. The appeal from the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) […]
Rohingya boat adrift without supplies near Andaman islands
The UN is urging countries around the Andaman Sea in South East Asia to assist a boat carrying at least 150 Rohingya refugees which has been drifting without power for two weeks. People on board the boat who have been contacted via satellite phone say a number of passengers, including children, have already died. They […]
Over 100 Rohingya refugees rescued in Sri Lankan waters
Sri Lanka’s navy has rescued 104 Rohingya adrift off the Indian Ocean island’s northern coast, an official said on Monday, as members of the Muslim minority continue to escape violence in Myanmar and hardship in Bangladesh refugee camps. Many Rohingya risk their lives every year by attempting to reach Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia […]
Tokyo contemplating Rohingya resettlement in Japan, says envoy
As Bangladesh tries to ease its load of over a million Rohingya refugees who fled their homes in Myanmar to evade persecution, Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Ito Naoki has said his country is considering resettlement of some Rohingyas to Japan. “Japan has received the request about third country resettlement (of Rohingyas) from your (Bangladesh) government. […]
Italy contributes €3m to UNHCR for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the generous contribution of 3 million euro by the government of Italy for the continued protection and humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The announcement was made today by Enrico Nunziata, Ambassador of Italy in Bangladesh, and Johannes van der Klaauw, UNHCR Representative. This contribution from the […]
SOS from 250 Rohingyas stuck in Malacca Strait
Two boats carrying around 250 Rohingyas are calling for rescue after getting stranded in the Malacca Strait due to engine failures, while another boat carrying some 180 Rohingyas went missing from the Andaman Sea. Three boats — the first carrying 160 Rohingyas, the second 95, and the third 180– started from the coast of Cox’s […]
UK continues to push for a long-term solution through safe repatriation: Dickson
The United Kingdom is contributing an additional £4.5 million to sustain the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh, lifting its funding from the start of the crisis in August 2017 to a total of £345 million, reports news agency UNB. This additional support to WFP (£3m) and UNICEF (£1.5m) will provide food, water, sanitation, and child […]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 […]
