Rohingya Refugee Crisis

WORLD REFUGEE DAY / ‘Realistically, repatriation is not possible at this time’

The 2025 Joint Response Plan has appealed for over $930 million, but so far, below 20 percent of that has been received.

Fund crunch hits Rohingyas hard

A humanitarian crisis in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps is brewing in the face of funding shortage for the refugees and more arrivals from the conflict-ridden Rakhine state of Myanmar.

Rohingya inflow: Strain on already crammed camps

The refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar have become overwhelmed with the recent inflow of Rohingyas arriving since November 2023, with authorities now scrambling to arrange accommodation and food for them.

Now is the time to act on Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh faces challenges managing the Rohingya crisis without a clear asylum policy.

Yunus urges expedited third-country resettlement of Rohingya refugees

Chief Adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus today called for an expedited third-country resettlement of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh.

World Refugee Day / Building resilience ignites ‘hope away from home’ for Rohingya refugees

This World Refugee Day, there is an urgent need to invest in collective efforts to allow the Rohingya to become self-reliant.

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Rakhine is boiling again. Will we look away?

After a two-year pause, the conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta has resurged in Rakhine.

PM urges UN, int’l community for intensified role in Rohingya repatriation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday (September 20, 2022) reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland.

September 13, 2017
September 13, 2017

12 Nobel laureates including Yunus urge UN intervention to end Rohingya crisis

Twelve Nobel Laureates including Dr Muhammad Yunus are among 27 international eminent personalities who have sent an open letter to the UN Security Council urging its intervention to end the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

September 13, 2017
September 13, 2017

2 flights in Bangladesh with aid for Rohingya refugees: UN

Two flights – one of UN refugee agency and another of United Arab Emirates –landed in Bangladesh with supplies to help 25,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, UNHCR Spokesperson in Bangladesh Joseph S Tripura said today.

September 13, 2017
September 13, 2017

White House condemns violence in Myanmar

The White House reiterates condemnation towards the ongoing attacks and violence in Myanmar that has thrown the Rohingyas in limbo.

September 13, 2017
September 13, 2017

Refugee Crisis: AL sending team to seek China's help

In the wake of a fresh violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State and the influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, the ruling Awami

September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017

‘Proof’ of Rohingya-set fires in Myanmar fails inspection

Pointing to the ashes of a destroyed village that was once home to dozens of Rohingya Muslim families, the abbot of a nearby Buddhist monastery insisted he knew who had set it ablaze. It was the Rohingya themselves, he said, and there was photographic evidence to prove it.

September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017

UN slams India for seeking deportation of Rohingyas

India comes under fire from the UN Human Rights Council over its threat to deport 40,000 Rohingyas.

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

Parliament resolve to push Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh Parliament unanimously adopts a resolution urging the United Nations and the international community to exert strong diplomatic pressure on Myanmar government to take back Rohingya people, ensure their safe accommodation and give citizenship rights.

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

Tofail for diplomatic solution to Rohingya crisis

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the crisis regarding Rohingya influx into the country should be resolved through effective diplomacy.

September 10, 2017
September 10, 2017

Rohingyas relive village massacre in Myanmar

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh relive the horrors of the violence by Myanmar's army as they fled from their village in Rakhine state.

September 10, 2017
September 10, 2017

UN appeals for aid as Rohingya refugee exodus nears 300,000

The United Nations has appealed for aid to deal with a humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh after the number of Muslim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar neared 300,000, just two weeks after violence erupted there.