Refugee News
- 02/04/2021
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By AP A fire has destroyed more than 20 shops in a makeshift market near a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, killing at least three people. Local police chief...
Read more- 31/03/2021
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By AFP The Bangladesh government continued its efforts to send thousands more Myanmar Rohingya Muslim refugees to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal despite safety concerns raised by...
Read more- 27/03/2021
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By UNHCR Rohingya refugees who lost everything in the massive fire that tore through a camp in southern Bangladesh on Monday prepare to start over, once again. Halima, 37, was...
Read more- 26/03/2021
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By Ruma Paul | Reuters BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - After losing her husband, two young sons and her home, Noor Banu thought she had seen the worst of...
Read more- 25/03/2021
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By Human Rights Watch Security Measures Should Be Proportionate, Not Cause Harm (New York) – Barbed wire fencing trapped thousands of refugees while a massive fire spread through Rohingya refugee...
Read more- 23/03/2021
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By Mohammed Rafique, The Rohingya Post “This calamity brings all of us into a sleepless night haunted by the thoughts of our loved ones lost in the fire in a...
Read more- 10/03/2021
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By Azaan Javaid, The Print J&K administration Saturday rounded up over 160 Rohingya refugees and placed them in 'holding centres' set up under Foreigner's Act. Srinagar: Hundreds of Rohingya refugees fled...
Read more- 10/03/2021
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By Human Rights Watch Returned Refugees Face Risks to Life, Liberty Under Oppressive Junta (New York) – The Indian government should halt any plans to deport ethnic Rohingya and others to Myanmar, where...
Read more- 22/02/2021
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By Indrika Ratwatte, UNHCR BANGKOK, Thailand – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for the immediate rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress on the Andaman Sea today. UNHCR received reports...
Read more- 21/02/2021
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By The Rohingya Post Cox’s Bazar: Shahana Akter, a four-year-old Rohingya refugee girl, was killed in a road accident inside Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on Sunday. The accident...
Read more- 06/02/2021
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By BenarNews Some might find it odd that Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, ousted Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup d’etat. After all, how often does a Nobel Peace Prize...
Read more- 05/02/2021
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By AFP Dozens of Rohingya, mostly women and children, were caught as they arrived by boat in Malaysia last month after fleeing a refugee camp in neighbouring Indonesia, police said...
Read more- 03/01/2021
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By Sajjad Ashraf, Gulf News Resettlement of Rohingya in Bhasan Char leaves them vulnerable to extreme climatic events Defying opposition from the United Nations aid agencies, international humanitarian organisations and...
Read more- 31/12/2020
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Press Release: 31 December 2020 Contact: Shafiur Rahman | shafiur@gmail.com | twitter Summary: Well known Bangladeshi and international human rights figures, lawyers, academics, filmmakers, photographers, journalists and human rights focussed...
Read more- 30/12/2020
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By Reuters BHASAN CHAR, BANGLADESH – As a Bangladeshi naval ship anchored off a remote Bay of Bengal island, some of the Rohingya Muslim refugees aboard clapped in anticipation of starting...
Read more- 27/12/2020
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By Ruma Paul, Reuters DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the...
Read more- 24/12/2020
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H.E. Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, MP Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs Segunbagicha, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh December 21, 2020 Dear Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen: Assalamualaikum, Honorable...
Read more- 22/12/2020
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By Nawaz Farhin Antara, Dhaka Tribune The ordeal of their expulsion from Myanmar left many Rohingyas unwilling to express themselves and voice opinions International NGO Artolution has enlisted 25 Rohingya artists...
Read more- 17/12/2020
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By Christine Romo, Cynthia McFadden and Rich Schapiro, NBC News The new characters, Noor Yasmin and Aziz, are part of an effort to boost early education for children inside the...
Read more- 16/12/2020
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By Athira Nortajuddin, The ASEAN Post From Rakhine state in Myanmar, the Rohingya are an ethnic community of largely Muslim people. Perhaps a million of them have fled from violence...
Read more- 15/12/2020
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By Al Jazeera Rarely seen images obtained by AFP show smugglers mercilessly beating rake-thin refugees crowded onto a fishing boat. Smugglers mercilessly beat rake-thin refugees crowded onto a fishing boat,...
Read more- 13/12/2020
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By Aman Ullah On December 3, 1,642 inmates of the existing camps were brought to the Char via Chittagong by seven vessels of the Bangladesh Navy with much fanfare. Initially,...
Read more- 13/12/2020
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By Fortify Rights Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh continue to experience severe mental health impacts of genocide and mass atrocity crimes perpetrated in Myanmar, adversely impacting their daily lives and functioning...
Read more- 05/12/2020
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Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine on Friday shared his country’s intention to intervene jointly with the Netherlands in The Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of...
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