Rohingya

A boat carrying Rohingya refugees that was forced back to sea earlier this week was sighted Saturday several miles off the coast of Indonesia’s westernmost region, according to a local commander. The group of around 250 people from the…
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An inspection team from the Saudi aid agency KSrelief recently visited one of the center’s housing projects in Rohingya refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh. KSrelief assistant general supervisor for planning and…
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The government in Myanmar must build trust and ensure safety for Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh’s refugee commissioner has said following calls to suspend the community’s potential return to their homeland. Bangladesh has been hosting and…
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Bangladeshi authorities launched on Monday an investigation into a massive fire at Rohingya refugee camps that has left 12,000 people without shelter. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern coastal district…
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On Monday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken officially classified the Burmese military's crackdown on the Rohingya in 2016 and 2017 as "genocide". "It has been confirmed that members of the Burmese army have committed genocide and…
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Lawyers for Gambia on Wednesday urged the United Nations’ top court to throw out Myanmar’s legal bid to end a case accusing the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority. “This court must reject Myanmar’s…
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An Indonesian navy ship on Thursday was towing a boat carrying 120 Rohingya Muslims into port after it had drifted for days off the country’s northernmost province of Aceh, a navy official said. The refugees’ wooden boat was reportedly…
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An international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen late Wednesday, police said. Mohibullah, 50, was a teacher who emerged as a key refugee leader and a spokesman…
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Authorities and volunteers from aid agencies in southern Bangladesh were rebuilding shelters on Wednesday for thousands of Rohingya refugees who lost their dwellings to a devastating fire that killed at least 15 people, including children,…
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The UN’s special Envoy to Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, on Wednesday warned of the latest threat to the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country. The Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s armed forces, which seized control of the country last month…
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