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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. […]
Rohingya Refugees: China envoy visits Teknaf repatriation centre
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has visited the Rohingya repatriation centre in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. The ambassador, accompanied by two other diplomats of the Chinese embassy, visited the centre at Kerontoli around 1:00pm on Saturday, said local administration sources. His visit comes at a time when the issue of Rohingya repatriation is being […]
Bangladesh: New Risks for Rohingya Refugees
Bangladesh and Myanmar are organizing returns of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar’s Rakhine State without consulting the community or addressing the grave risks to their lives and liberty, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 5, 2023, Bangladesh officials, in coordination with Myanmar junta authorities, took 20 Rohingya refugees to Rakhine State to visit resettlement camps as part of renewed […]
UN calls for urgent aid in Rohingya camps following Cyclone Mocha
The United Nations yesterday called for urgent aid and support after Cyclone Mocha damaged Rohingya camps. Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc on over a million Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi locals in three districts. Although the cyclone’s effect might have been far worse, the refugee camps have been seriously damaged, leaving hundreds in dire need of assistance. […]
Rohingya camps: 1300 shanties damaged in cyclone
The cyclone Mocha ravaged the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar between the afternoon and the evening on Sunday, leaving 1300 shanties damaged: some partially while some completely. In the cyclonic storm, more than 1,500 Rohingya were affected, said the office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC). According to their information, 232 makeshift tents […]
IOM Prepares Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar for Cyclone Mocha
Nearly a million Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar camps are bracing for Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit the region by Sunday (May 14). Last year, the camps escaped devastation from the Bay of Bengal cyclone Sitrang, which killed 35 people, displaced over 20,000, and caused over USD 35 million in damages in […]
Norway announces $6.5 million support for Rohingya refugees
State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad today announced her country’s contribution of NOK 70 million, equivalent to USD 6.5 million, for the energy and environment programme of the Rohingya response in Bangladesh. The contribution will support the provision of cleaner cooking energy to Rohingya refugees, the continued rehabilitation […]
Piloting the long-overdue repatriation
According to the UNHCR, there are presently about 1 million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. Over 1,100 Rohingya refugees are currently the subject of a trial initiative that is being discussed. With China’s assistance, Bangladesh and Myanmar hope to begin returning the Rohingya before the monsoon season. For this reason, a delegation of 27 Rohingya […]
Lack of trust in Myanmar obstructs Rohingya repatriation
A Rohingya delegation from Cox’s Bazar on Friday visited Rakhine, the Myanmar state along Bangladesh’s border, as part of the initiative to repatriate Rohingyas currently staying in Bangladesh. But visiting their home after six years, the delegation said that they are not very enthusiastic about returning to Myanmar. They said, the environment there is not […]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 […]
