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Myanmar is yet to show any real will to ensure safe repatriation of the Rohingya refugees now living in Bangladesh, UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee says.
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China, as part of its three-phase steps, urge Myanmar to start repatriation of Rohingyas as soon as possible saying it attaches great importance to Rohingya crisis.
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The United Nations says the verification process of Rohingyas in Bangladesh will help to find solutions for the roughly 900,000 Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors approves grant assistance of $100 million -- the first of an envisaged package totaling $200 million to help Bangladesh develop basic infrastructure and services for displaced persons (Rohingyas).
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Norwegian Ambassador in Dhaka Sidsel Bleken observes that the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar have turned into a breeding ground of radicalisation due to absence of education and employment opportunities for the displaced people.
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More than 10 months have passed since Myanmar’s security forces launched a sweeping campaign of rape and other brutalities against the Rohingya, and the babies conceived during those assaults have been born.
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Bangladesh is deploying thousands of extra police to Rohingya refugee camps in the south, officials said, after a series of mostly unexplained killings that have sown fear among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from neighbouring Myanmar.
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Switzerland Ambassador Rene Holenstein says the international community must work closely with Bangladesh and Myanmar so that the issues of safety and protection of the Rohingyas and the work toward a voluntary and peaceful repatriation in safety and dignity are addressed in an effective and comprehensive manner.
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Red Cross President Peter Maurer said he has serious doubts over the conducive conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state for large repatriation of the Rohingya from Bangladesh.
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Moved by the horrific stories of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says, “…we are all Rohingya”.
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says his heart is broken after he visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
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Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state are not ready yet for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas who have fled a military crackdown, says Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of Red Cross, after visit to the region.
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Appreciating Bangladesh's generous support, visiting World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim says they are insisting that generous humane countries that support refugees should not be punished.
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Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field and UK Special Envoy for Gender Equality Joanna Roper calls for greater humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas, particularly to help support the provision of education for refugees and host communities.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says they will put more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on the Rohingya issue.
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Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar is to have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret agreement between the government and the United Nations seen by Reuters.
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The Rohingya community's stateless status and inability to work legally in Bangladesh "increases their vulnerability" to human trafficking, says a global report.
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The transit camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, arrives in Dhaka on a 10-day visit to meet Rohingya refugees at Cox’s Bazar.
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China will assist in the repatriation of Rohingya mass who have been living as refugees in Bangladesh, fleeing from persecution in Myanmar.
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The World Bank announces to provide $480 million in grant-based support to help Bangladesh address the needs of Rohingya refugees in areas such as health, education, water and sanitation, disaster risk management, and social protection.
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The United Kingdom along with its international partners will continue to put 'maximum pressure' on Myanmar to ensure justice for Rohingyas, says British Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Field.
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United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank (WB) Group President Dr Jim Yong Kim will visit Bangladesh on July 1-2 to see the severity of Rohingya situation and UN agencies' engagement in the camps.
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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee arrives here on a 10-day visit to meet Rohingyas in various locations of Cox's Bazar.
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A Rohingya child is shot and wounded in firing by Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar in no man's land along the Naikhyangchhari border of Bandarban.
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Newly arrived Rohingya refugees living in Nayapara Shalbagan camp in Cox’s Bazar elect 12 leaders including women in a very first camp committee election, an UNHCR release says.
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A concert is organised in New York’s Manhattan with a message of providing assistance to the displaced Rohingya people of Myanmar.
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Amnesty International releases a report that details new evidence of atrocities inflicted on Myanmar’s Rohingya population and names 13 top military commanders the human rights group says should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working together with the Bangladesh government to conduct a verification exercise for the identity management and documentation of Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar.
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Myanmar has dismissed an army general accused of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya in August last year.
