DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The efforts to repatriate displaced Rohingya Muslim refugees have been delayed due to the cease-fire breakdown between the junta regime and rebels in Burma, a top Burmese diplomat in Dhaka has said. “Efforts toward the repatriation of displaced persons had been delayed due to the cease-fire breakdown by the Araka...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States announced Tuesday it had brought back two dozen Western citizens, half of them Americans, from Islamic State prison camps in northeastern Syria where tens of thousands have languished. The repatriation is the largest ever of US citizens and comes as rights groups warn of dire conditions i...
ANKARA (AA) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh will continue to fight for the rights of Palestinians. “It is worrying that the rights of the Palestinians are not fulfilled,” said Hasina, referring to the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, when Israel declared its independence in occupied Palestinian lands i...
GENEVA (AA) – The present stalemate in Syria is intolerable, as the country remains unsafe for refugees to return, said the chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria on Friday, urging parties to allow in humanitarian aid. “There are no ultimate winners, and the country remains one that is unsafe for [&helli...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Myanmar junta government has restricted exports to Bangladesh through ports after Bangladeshi banks froze the accounts of two Myanmar state banks, according to media reports. The junta prohibited the export of various food commodities to Bangladesh via Maungdaw in Rakhine State after the decision by Banglades...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Myanmar delegation is expected to visit Rohingya refugees living on the southeast coast of Bangladesh for the third time aiming to begin their repatriation in the next three months, a Bangladeshi official has confirmed. A high-level Bangladeshi delegation is in Myanmar to attend Chinese-mediated talks to begin ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A high-level delegation from Bangladesh reached Myanmar on Monday in order to lead a Chinese-mediated meeting on Rohingya repatriation. A list of over 3,000 Rohingya under a pilot program has been sent to Myanmar to verify and a possible repatriation could begin under the mediation of China, according to Banglade...
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – – AFP Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees rallied at camps in Bangladesh on Friday to demand their safe return to Myanmar on the sixth anniversary of the violence that drove them from their homes. Bangladesh is home to around a million members of the stateless minority, most of whom fled the [&hell...
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libyan authorities on Monday repatriated 161 Nigerians, officials said, part of a UN-backed voluntary return scheme as some North African countries see a spike in irregular migration. The group, including 75 women and six children, received food and drinks from International Organization for Migration staff at Mitiga...
