ANKARA (AA) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that the growing number of Rohingya Muslim refugees arriving in his country is probably due to human trafficking. “More and more Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are entering Indonesia, especially through the coast of Aceh Province,” he said in a video statement, posted on X. “The gov...
Lhokseumawe, Indonesia – AFP Holding his son’s hand in a temporary shelter in Indonesia, Rohingya refugee Mohamed Ridoi says he made the dangerous 12-day sea journey from massive refugee camps in Bangladesh to escape the pervasive threats of kidnapping, extortion and murder. The 27-year-old said he was starting a peaceful life in a...
Lhokseumawe, Indonesia — AFP Indonesian police and fishermen say they have begun patrolling parts of the country’s westernmost province to prevent Rohingya refugees from landing on its shores, after nearly 1,100 members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority arrived this month. Thousands from what has been described by the UN a...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The UK on Tuesday announced a new funding of £3 million ($3.7 million) for the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. “I am pleased to announce a further UK contribution of £3,000,000 to UNHCR, which will help to ensure refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char are able to access healthcare, clean […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – France will “intervene in” the Rohingya genocide case lodged with the International Court of Justice, announced a joint statement issued after visiting French President Emmanuel Macron met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Monday. “France announces its decision to intervene, a...
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...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN chief has pinned hope on the Indonesia, Laos and Malaysia troika on finding a political solution to the Myanmar crisis. “We are strongly hopeful that after Indonesia, with Lao PDR (official name of Laos) and also the Troika – Indonesia, Malaysia and Lao PDR – ASEAN will remain totally committed […]
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...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — Uprooted from their ancestral lands, a group of young Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh are trying to keep their heritage alive among their community’s children and teenagers. Mohammed Rezuwan Khan, 26, is one of those high school graduates, shunned from higher education in his native Rakhine, a state in western ...
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...
