DHAKA (REUTERS) – A United Nations human rights investigator urged Bangladesh on Thursday (Dec 10) to allow a safety assessment of the remote island where…
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Three years on, Rohingya trapped in camps as they await justice
About a million refugees live in Bangladesh refugee camps since they fled Myanmar military operation on August 25, 2017. On Tuesday, about a million Rohingya…
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Malaysia can't take any more Rohingya refugees, says PM Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia can no longer take in Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday (June 26), citing…
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Stranded Rohingya pulled to shore by sympathetic Indonesians
LHOKSEUMAWE, INDONESIA (AFP) – Nearly 100 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore Thursday (June 25) by locals angered…
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First Rohingya refugee dies from coronavirus in Bangladesh
Aid workers warn of a humanitarian disaster if the outbreak is not checked in the world’s largest cluster of camps. An elderly Rohingya refugee has…
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Malaysia to ask Bangladesh to take back Rohingya refugees found at sea
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia will ask Bangladesh to take back about 300 Rohingya refugees detained after a boat carrying them entered its waters this…
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Coronavirus shutdown threatens Chicago's Rohingya cultural centre
Coronavirus crisis forces the centre to cancel Ramadan fundraiser and puts the community it serves in dire straits. Chicago, Illinois – Ramadan for Chicago’s only Rohingya…
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'Stranded' Rohingyas land on Bangladesh coast
COX’S BAZAR (AFP) – Dozens of Rohingya refugees believed to have come from two boats stranded at sea for weeks as they tried to reach…
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Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims stuck at sea in refugee crisis with 'zero hope'
BANGKOK (NYTIMES) – Somewhere in turquoise waters, perhaps where the Bay of Bengal meets the Andaman Sea, wooden boats filled with Rohingya refugees are listing,…
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Malaysian authorities hold 202 Rohingya from boat off Langkawi
The Rohingya were detained after they were found on a wooden boat off the northwestern resort island. Malaysian authorities have detained more than 200 ethnic…
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Bangladesh to turn back boats with hundreds of reportedly starving Rohingya refugees
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh will not accept two boats carrying hundreds of reportedly starving Rohingya refugees, the country’s foreign minister said on Thursday (April 23)…
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Coronavirus panic grips Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
KUTUPALONG, BANGLADESH (AFP) – The sewage-soaked alleys and cramped canvas and bamboo shacks that house one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are a horrifying scene…
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Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness
বাংলায় পড়তে ক্লিক করুন When things go wrong, those in power often promise to make it right. But do they? In this series, The Times…
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Bangladesh proposes safe zone in Myanmar for Rohingya refugees
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen calls on Russia, China and India to help Dhaka in tackling the Rohingya refugee crisis. Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul…
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