August 2024

New security concerns, funding uncertainties undermine Rohingya response – UNHCR The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has noted that new security concerns in Myanmar and funding uncertainties now undermine all but the most critical and life-saving assistance to Rohingya refugees. As the world marks the seventh anniversary of […]

UNHCR and Tanmeia sign agreement to support Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Kuwait and the Global Charity Association for Development (Tanmeia Foundation) have signed a grant agreement to provide shelter, drinking water supplies, and health support to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The agreement was signed […]

UNHCR Urges Continued Global Support for Rohingya Refugees as Crisis Marks Seventh Anniversary The UNHCR also commends the renewed commitment to the Rohingya refugees expressed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of Bangladesh’s Interim Government, on August 18. As the world observes the seventh anniversary of the mass forced displacement […]

Experts sound alarm on new Rohingya crackdown in Myanmar The persecuted and stateless Rohingya minority is caught in a new violent crackdown in Myanmar, with children among those killed, two reports from influential expert groups warned Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh in 2017 during […]

UN urges end to impunity for crimes against Myanmar’s Rohingya population The United Nations’ investigative body on Myanmar has called for an end to the “cycle of impunity” related to crimes committed against the country’s ethnic Rohingya minority. The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), established by the UN in […]

‘Enough is enough’ – Rohingya demand end to violence in Myanmar Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday on the seventh anniversary of the military crackdown that forced them to flee, demanding an end to violence and safe return to Myanmar. More than a […]

Seven years of Rohingya crisis – Worry over fresh influx grows A fresh wave of violence forcing displacement of Rohingya people in Rakhine is a cause for concern for Bangladesh as the country failed to repatriate the Rohingyas who came here in 2017 and before. The decline in international aid […]

Rohingya – “Dying together is better than this suffering” These were the heartbreaking words a Rohingya man shared with my Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleagues in Myanmar just a few weeks ago, after attacks against his community in Buthidaung, Rakhine State. “It would be an honour if a […]

Myanmar – New attacks against Rohingya a disturbing echo of 2017 mass violence Rohingya men, women and children are being killed and vestiges of Rohingya history and identity are being eroded Bangladesh’s new interim government should prioritise protection of Rohingya refugees. “The Myanmar military must immediately end their renewed campaign […]