Rohingya refugees

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar face dire conditions

The 11-member family of Mohammed Saber arrived at Refugee Camp 26 in Cox's Bazar on August 5, fleeing the atrocities of the Arakan Army in the Maungdaw Township of Rakhine State, Myanmar

Rohingya refugees: Forsaken and forgotten

Rohingya refugees remain stuck in a limbo with no effective solution to the crisis in sight.

Cyclone Mocha: US providing $250,000 for emergency relief efforts

The US is providing $250,000 to assist Cyclone Mocha emergency relief efforts in the country’s most severely affected areas

Hasina, Kishida for resolving Rohingya crisis to ensure regional stability

Bangladesh PM expressed her appreciation for Japan's support for displaced persons thus far, including its humanitarian assistance as the first country to do so for those resettled in Bhasan Char

Will the UNSC ever hold Myanmar accountable?

Repatriation is becoming a distant dream for the Rohingya

No specific date when Rohingya repatriation will begin: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today (October 20, 2022) said the Chinese side is yet to come up with any good news on the Rohingya repatriation but they are continuing their efforts to that end.  

Take large number of Rohingyas: Home Minister to countries interested in resettlement

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today requested countries, which had previously expressed interest in resettling Rohingyas in their states, to take in a large number of Rohingyas and alleviate Bangladesh’s problems.

5 Years of influx: Rohingya return a distant dream

Khin Maung dreamt of becoming a lawyer to help the Rohingyas realise their rights in a country where they were denied citizenship.

Rohingya refugees in New Delhi would be kept in detention centre till deported

The Indian Home Ministry today said Rohingya refugees in New Delhi would be kept at a detention centre till they are deported, refuting central Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's statement made earlier promising flats and security to members of the Muslim minority community members from Myanmar.

June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019

Left in the lurch

With the Rohingya repatriation nowhere in sight, their leaders say they feel ignored both by the international community and the Bangladesh government in the process of making decisions about their fate.

June 12, 2019
June 12, 2019

Lobby to make Myanmar safe for Rohingyas

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has requested consul generals to engage foreign governments and civil societies to help create a safe environment for Rohingyas in Myanmar and oversee the process of repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.

May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019

23 ‘Rohingyas’ detained from Dhaka

Detectives detain 23 suspected Rohingyas, two other women and a man from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area.

March 26, 2019
March 26, 2019

Dhaka not in a hurry

Bangladesh is not in a hurry to relocate Rohingya refugees to a Bay of Bengal island, a minister told Reuters yesterday, after the United Nations sought more details on the government's plan.

March 22, 2019
March 22, 2019

UN official welcomes Rohingya relocation plan

A senior UN official welcomes Bangladesh's plan to move Rohingya refugees out of the country's congested camps, but says any move to transfer some 100,000 of them to a flood-prone island should be voluntary.

March 15, 2019
March 15, 2019

No refugee camp can hold out much hope

The Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana is dead right when she said that the nearly one million Rohingya refugees in camps inside Bangladesh have very little future.

February 8, 2019
February 8, 2019

World must not turn away from Rohingyas: Angelina Jolie

UNHCR special envoy and Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has said the world must not turn away from the nearly 1 million Rohingyas who have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

January 25, 2019
January 25, 2019

Aid curbs in Myanmar's Rakhine impact 'at least 50,000 people': UN

New government curbs on aid activities in Myanmar's western Rakhine State "are affecting at least 50,000 people", the United Nations has said in an internal note, highlighting the growing impact of recent fighting on the civilian population.

January 3, 2019
January 3, 2019

India deporting second Rohingya group to Myanmar

Indian police take a Rohingya Muslim family of five to the border by bus, readying to deport them to neighbouring Myanmar as the second such group expelled in four months during a crackdown on illegal immigrants.

December 12, 2018
December 12, 2018

Another 5m euros for Rohingyas

The European Commission (EC) has released an additional €5 million to provide food assistance for the around 700,000 Rohingya refugees who are seeking shelter in Bangladesh.