UN helped Myanmar junta officials travel to Bangladesh for Rohingya return talks The United Nations refugee agency helped officials from Myanmar’s junta travel to Bangladesh this week for repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees, two UN officials told AFP, despite maintaining that conditions in the country remain unsafe for their return. […]
Right to work the way forward for Rohingya in Malaysia, govt told Recent instances of hostility against Rohingya refugees have prompted an activist and an assemblyman to exhort the government to allow them to work for their living. Migrant rights activist Adrian Pereira and Melaka assemblyman Noor Helmy Abdul Halem […]
Rohingya refugees accused of applying two UN standards for repatriation The Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP), a UK-based Myanmar affairs group, issued a statement on March 16 citing some leaked reports that the United Nations is applying double standards in repatriating Rohingya refugees. In a presentation in the office of Mr. […]
British aid reduced 82 percent to the Rohingya Refugee Newly released figures have revealed that the British government has cut aid to around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by a staggering 82%. The majority of these refugees are children.Burma Campaign UK is calling on Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to […]
Myanmar delegation visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh to verify and repatriation Pilot Project A Myanmar delegation is visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for a pilot repatriation project, though a Bangladeshi official said it was unclear when they would be […]
Are Arsa leaders among those relocated to Bhasan Char? Bangladesh has so far moved about 30,000 Rohingyas to Bhasan Char since December 2020. However, recently reports have emerged regarding former high-ranking members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) allegedly being relocated to Bhasan Char. Arsa has been linked to […]
FM Momen urges international community to play decisive role for Rohingya reparation Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday urged the international community, including the United Kingdom (UK), to play more decisive role in ensuring voluntary, safe and sustainable repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar […]
EU releases €1m in emergency aid for Rohingya camp fire victims Following the fire outbreak in a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday, and its devastating consequences on people living in the most affected areas, the EU has released €1 million in emergency humanitarian assistance. The funding will focus […]
2023 Rohingya Joint Response Plan – UK statement The UK’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered this statement during the 2023 Rohingya Joint Response Plan. Let me begin by expressing my heartfelt appreciation to the Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, State Minister Shahriar Alam, and […]
