March 2024

UNHCR and IOM mobilize aid for Rohingya Refugees following boat tragedy in Indonesia UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the UN Migration Agency are shocked and deeply concerned over the situation off the coast of Meulaboh, West Aceh, Indonesia where a vessel transporting Rohingya refugees has capsized. With rescue […]

The military council threatened to deport Kyauk Phyu Muslims who did not want to serve in the military The Junta is threatening to deport individuals currently fleeing the Kyauktalon Muslim refugee camp in Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State, for defying conscription laws, and to arrest their family members who remain in […]

Dozens of Rohingya refugees feared dead in boat tragedy off Indonesia More than 60 refugees are feared starved at sea or drowned while possibly trying to reach Australia by boat. The wooden vessel was carrying scores of Rohingya, a persecuted ethnic minority in Myanmar, when it capsized on Wednesday near […]

The bodies of seven Rohingya recruited for military training were returned by the military council The bodies of seven conscripts forced to join Myanmar’s junta army were returned to their families, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday. The recruits were members of the Rohingya community, which has been frequently […]

Indonesian fishermen rescue dozens of Rohingya after boat capsizes Indonesian fishermen were scrambling on Wednesday (Mar 20) to rescue dozens of Rohingya after high tides capsized their boat in waters off the province of Aceh, a regional fishing chief said, making them the latest arrivals in the Southeast Asian nation. […]

UN ‘alarmed’ by reports of civilian casualties in Myanmar air attacks The United Nations chief has expressed “alarm” at reports that the Myanmar military is bombing civilian areas. Antonio Guterres called for calm late on Monday following reports that continuing air attacks on villages in the restive country’s Rakhine state […]

PM calls upon UNDP to raise more funds for Rohingya Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to make an effort to raise a larger international funds for the support of the Rohingya people. She made the call at a meeting with the visiting […]

Ongoing conflict in Arakan state severe security concern for Bangladesh The Rohingya crisis has put Bangladesh at the crossroads of a new crisis amid the loggerheads between the superpowers in the Indo-Pacific around the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has sheltered more than a million Rohingyas for humanitarian reasons. “But the […]

IOM Appeals for USD 119 Million for Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 119 million to support nearly a million Rohingya refugees in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, and the vulnerable community generously hosting them. “The world […]