Bangladesh says it will not allow more Rohingya refugees into the country, citing 60,000 arrivals over the past two years. Home Affairs Adviser retired Lt. Gen. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said Bangladesh no longer will allow any more Rohingya to enter under any circumstances. With more than 1.2 million Rohingya already in camps in Cox’s Bazar, [&...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian revenue authorities in the occupied Kashmir have ordered that power and water supply for 409 Muslim Rohingya refugee families be cut off. This is part of an ongoing crackdown aimed at eventually deporting them to their troubled homeland in Myanmar. A revenue document outlines the private properti...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesian fishermen rescued 116 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, on Saturday after their boat sank off the coast of Aceh province, according to a local daily. Jakarta Globe reported that the group had fled Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, hoping to reach Indonesia or Malaysia. “They look very wea...
Ninety-six Rohingya refugees, including seven children, are stranded on Sumatra island in Indonesia after escaping on a rickety boat. Surviving members of the persecuted minority were left stranded on the coast at Meunasah Asan village. Six people died as nearly 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province in the latest wave of arr...
A Rohingya rights organization has urged the Indian government to release refugees who have been on hunger strike since Monday in a detention camp in the northeastern state of Assam. India-based Rohingya Human Rights Initiative Director Sabbre Kyaw Min said many of the detained have U.N. refugee cards. He said nearly 1,000 Rohingya refugees fr...
Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and abroad have united to support victims of recent floods in Bangladesh. This is despite their own lack of resources. Young refugees have been going door-to-door in their camps and reaching out internationally. Through the Al Manahil Welfare Foundation, the refugees have provided relief and cash to 1,60...
The head of Bangladesh’s transitional government Muhammad Yunus has sought UN support for the return of Rohingya refugees. About 1.2 million Rohingya have been in Bangladesh since August 2017, after fleeing a severe military crackdown in Burma’s Rakhine State which has been described as ethnic cleansing. The majority of them live in overcrow...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Liz Throssell has called on Bangladesh and other nations to safeguard Rohingya refugees. This comes as there are ongoing clashes in Burma. Over a million Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh; 45,000 have fled to the Naf River area near the border. Throssell says tens of thousands have been displaced...
Jakarta, Indonesia – AFP Dozens of Rohingya refugees saved after their boat capsized off Indonesia’s westernmost coast last week have been forced from their temporary shelter due to local protests, a United Nations refugee agency official said Wednesday. The survivors of last week’s capsizing were taken a 10-minute drive away...
Sabang, Indonesia – – AFP More than 200 Rohingya refugees have been huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals’ efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea. The latest arrivals were part of more than 1,000 desperate [&...
