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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    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.

  • 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.

  • Rohingya Food Aid

    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.

  • Do the bells toll for Rohingyas?

    Mid-November has arrived and insecurity and uncertainty have descended over Rohingya refugees in Ukhia and Teknaf. The impending deadline has also elicited expressions of deep concern from UN independent experts and rights organisations.

  • Rakhine horror recounted

    The Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar's refugee camps yesterday recalled the horrors of killings, rapes and torching of their houses by the Myanmar military exactly a year ago.

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    ASK wants safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees

    Ain O Salisn Kendra (ASK) forms a human chain demanding safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar.

  • A tale of a 'relief market'

    A few yards from his shanty, Naser sits with some fine rice, oil, lentil, several toiletries, utensils and even some over-the-counter medicines. The everyday essentials given to Rohingya refugees by some international donor agencies are in good quality.

  • Stuck in-between a “Corridor and a Camp”

    It is the Bangladesh-Myanmar border; the calm of the forest is broken by piercing sounds of gunfire and screams. Everywhere, people are on the run and she too trudges on, heavy, weary steps one at a time, trying to find refuge. She eventually makes it to the forests of Bangladesh only to be stuck indefinitely.

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    Key member resigns from Myanmar advisory panel on Rohingya crisis

    A key member of an international advisory panel on Myanmar's crisis-hit Rakhine state resigns, telling AFP that the Aung San Suu Kyi-appointed board risks becoming "part of the problem" in a conflict that forced 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee.

  • Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and William Lacy Swing

    ‘IOM to help Bangladesh repatriate Rohingyas’

    Visiting Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) William Lacy Swing reaffirms Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that his organisation will extend all sorts of support to Bangladesh for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

  • Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says No arrest without warrant

    All Rohingya refugees registered: Minister

    Bangladesh has completed registration of all the Rohingya refugees it is giving shelter to and the number has come up to be 11,18,576, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.

  • Malaysian defence minister arrives tomorrow

    Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu arrives in Dhaka tomorrow for one-day visit to Bangladesh to meet high government officials and visit Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.

  • Myanmar must grant Rohingyas citizenship

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres' visit to the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh and subsequent statements reaffirm the need to address the fundamental issue at the heart of the Rohingya crisis—that is citizenship. Myanmar has not even begun the repatriation process despite signing a bilateral deal with Bangladesh in November last year.

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    Myanmar BGP shoots Rohingya child on Bandarban border

    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.

  • Art show on Rohingyas begins in city

    A weeklong art exhibition on Rohingya refugees kicks off at Liberation War Museum with lighting the candles.

  • Walking the talk on international protection

    The UNHCR statement that Rohingya refugees are in critical need of international protection warrants guarded optimism. We have said repeatedly in this column that any viable solution to this problem would require genuine and long-term international commitment.

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    Chiefs of 4 int’l aid orgs to visit Rohingya camps

    The high commissioner of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the president of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), United Nations Secretary General and World Bank Group President will visit Bangladesh on June 30.

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    Rohingya crisis: UK govt urged to stand by Bangladesh

    A parliamentary body of the United Kingdom has called upon its government to strengthen its efforts to persuade the international community to share the responsibilities of the Rohingya refugees now being sheltered in Bangladesh.

  • Rohingya crisis: ‘Bangladesh delegation to visit Myanmar soon’

    A Bangladesh delegation is likely to visit Myanmar soon to inspect the progress of Rohingya rehabilitation process initiated at Rahkine State.

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    India wants safe, sustainable Rohingya repatriation

    India conveys to Myanmar the need for speed, safe, and sustainable repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh as Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj wraps up a two-day visit to that country.

  • 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.

  • Canada should welcome Rohingya refugees

    Canada should welcome Rohingya refugees and encourage other nations to do the same, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special envoy

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    WHO seeks int'l support for Rohingya refugees

    The World Health Organization has appealed to the international community to contribute generously to enable appropriate and timely

  • Rohingya Kutupalong refugee camp

    Relocation of 1 Lakh Rohingyas: Preparations on in Bhasanchar

    Around one lakh Rohingya refugees are going to be relocated to Bhasanchar of Hatiya upazila in Noakhali as works of building shelters and housing are in progress.

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    ROHINGYA REFUGEES: $950m needed in next 10 months

    The United Nations and the Bangladesh government have prepared a plan to provide an assistance of $950 million to the Rohingya refugees and the vulnerable locals in Cox's Bazar for 10 months until December. The move comes amid concerns that the repatriation of the refugees would take time.

  • Myanmar says, border deployment for security

    Myanmar has stated security concerns as explanation for the heavy reinforcement along Bangladesh’s border near Rohingya camps during today’s flag meeting between the two border forces.

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