Rohingya Crisis

Rohingya crisis: UNSC team due on April 29

Bangladesh is to describe the brutalities that the Rohingyas faced in Rakhine State and steps taken by the government here to the UN Security Council delegation, which is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 29.
Bangladesh took little steps to prosecute killings by security forces: US

The government of Bangladesh took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces in 2017, says a US report on Human Rights Practices.
Citing Rohingya massacre, Myanmar army chief urges soldiers to obey law

Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing tells military personnel in the country that they must obey the law, citing as an example the sentencing of seven soldiers for a massacre of Rohingya Muslim men that was the subject of a Reuters investigation.
Trudeau hails PM for dealing with Rohingya crisis

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau highly appreciates Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina for her outstanding leadership in handling the protracted Rohingya crisis.
Rohingyas, locals unite to prepare for monsoon in vulnerable camps

Rohingyas and local people in Teknaf in Cox's Bazar are racing to prepare for monsoon rains forecast to start as early as this week.
'Race against the clock' to bolster Rohingya camps against rains

Mohammad Rafiq was sitting in the shade of a tree, on a break from working to make his refugee camp in Bangladesh safer from the upcoming monsoon, when the hill above suddenly collapsed.
Home minister criticises Myanmar

Home Minister Ashaduzzaman Khan comes down heavily on Myanmar over the repatriation of one Rohingya family.
Return of one Rohingya family: Myanmar's publicity stunt, say rights group

Myanmar's government says it has “repatriated” the first family of Rohingya refugees, among the 700,000 who fled a brutal crackdown, but the move was slammed by rights groups as a publicity stunt which ignored warnings over the security of returnees.
Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka signs MoU with UNHCR

Bangladesh signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, relating to voluntary return of Rohingya refugees, once conditions in Myanmar are conducive.
Action against military officials if violate law: Myanmar minister

Myanmar Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister Win Myat Aye indicates taking actions against senior Myanmar military officials if they violate laws of the land to avoid repetition of atrocities in Rakhine Sate.
Myanmar not ready for return of Rohingyas: UNHCR

The UN refugee agency calls a Myanmar minister's visit to Bangladesh to meet Muslim Rohingya refugees a confidence-building measure, but says conditions in Myanmar are not ready for their return.
Rohingyas to be taken back with dignity: Myanmar minister

Visiting Myanmar's cabinet minister says Rohingyas will be taken back by giving them citizenship and with dignity.
7 Myanmar soldiers 'get 10 years over Rohingya killings'

Seven Myanmar soldiers are sentenced to jail with hard labour for their part in the extrajudicial killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men, according to a Facebook post by the army chief.
ICC prosecutor seeks jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked it to rule on whether it has jurisdiction over the deportations of Rohingya people "from Myanmar to Bangladesh", a possible crime against humanity, according to a filing.
'Myanmar not ready for return of Rohingya refugees'

Myanmar is not ready for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, says the most senior United Nations official to visit the country this year, after Myanmar was accused of instigating ethnic cleansing and driving nearly 700,000 Muslims to Bangladesh.
More time needed to verify Rohingyas: Myanmar minister

Win Myat Aye, Myanmar's social welfare, relief and resettlement minister, says the Rohingya repatriation process has delayed as they need more time to verify the identities of the refugees.
Philippines' Duterte cites genocide in Myanmar, says will take refugees

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says that "genocide" was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing from it, though Europe should help too.
Agro kits for the malnourished Rohingyas

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are distributing 50,000 vegetable gardening kits to tackle malnutrition and improve the diet of people affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
‘NAM’s shared responsibility to amplify Rohingya voices’

Bangladesh says the international community including the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has a shared responsibility to amplify the voices of Rohingyas, the most persecuted minority of the world.
Fishermen rescue Rohingyas at sea off Indonesia

Indonesian fishermen rescue at least five Rohingya Muslims off the island of Sumatra and bring them ashore, officials say, in the first such landing this year amid media reports that five others had died at sea.
Fear and isolation for Myanmar's remaining Rohingyas

Rohingya Muslim minority are disappearing fast from Myanmar as their lives are still shaped by tension and fear in a mainly-Buddhist country that has methodically stripped the Muslim minority of legal rights and security.
No virtual progress in efforts to repatriate Rohingyas: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says although Bangladesh and Myanmar have been making various efforts, including the signing of a deal, to repatriate over a million Rohingyas from Bangladesh, there has been no virtual progress in this regard so far.
Canada should take leading role in Rohingya crisis: Report

Canada should take a leadership role in responding to the Rohingya crisis by ramping up humanitarian aid and development efforts and showing a willingness to welcome refugees from the region, Bob Rae, Canada's special envoy to Myanmar, says in his final report.
‘Monsoons could bring enormous deaths for Rohingya refugees’

Myanmar's panel of international advisers on Rohingya issues says that the coming monsoon season could bring "enormous deaths" as refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh are not built to withstand the storms.
Re-impose sanctions against Myanmar: Gowher Rizvi

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi calls for re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar as a way to put pressure on the Southeast Asian country that has been accused of genocide and driving out some seven lakh Rohingyas since August last year.
Malaysia intercepts boat carrying Rohingya refugees

Malaysia intercepts a boat carrying 56 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar off its northern island of Langkawi today and will allow them to enter on humanitarian grounds, with rights groups expecting further such perilous journeys by sea.
Facebook used to ‘incite real harm’ in Myanmar: Zuckerberg

Facebook's chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg says the social media company is aware that its tools have been used to spread anti-Rohingya propaganda and "incite real harm" in Myanmar.
25 ERTs formed to protect Rohingyas from elephants

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has formed 25 Elephant Response Teams (ERTs), each made up of 10 Rohingya volunteers, as part of its plan to reduce incidents involving elephants coming into conflict with refugees in the world's largest refugee settlement.
Rohingya crisis: Security Council plans to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh

The UN Security Council has been given green lights for visits this month to Myanmar and Bangladesh, where it expects to focus on the beleaguered Rohingya Muslim minority, as well as to Iraq.
‘Rohingyas to be relocated to habitable places’

Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque says that Rohingya refugees will be relocated to new places after ensuring that the areas are habitable. Rohingya refugees will be relocated to the places which are viable, he said.