Bangladesh

Why Bangladesh is moving to fence its border with Myanmar Bangladesh’s plan to fence parts of its 270-kilometer border with Myanmar reflects a fundamental shift in the security environment along the country’s southeastern frontier, where the Arakan Army now exercises de facto control over much of northern Rakhine State. Home […]

Malaysian lawmaker calls for parliamentary explanation on plan to repatriate 5,000 Rohingya Former Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has called on the government to provide Parliament with a detailed explanation of its plan to repatriate 5,000 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, questioning whether the proposal complies with Malaysia’s long-standing humanitarian policy […]

Rohingya residents allege AA is cutting village trees and bamboo to build camp in Northern Maungdaw Residents of Thu Oo La (Kho Hla Bhil) village in northern Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, have accused the Arakan Army (AA) of cutting down trees and bamboo groves belonging to Rohingya villagers to construct […]

India’s demographic change panel visits Rohingya settlement in Jammu A high-level committee appointed by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has visited a Rohingya settlement in Jammu as part of its examination of demographic changes linked to immigration and other factors, according to officials. The panel visited the Rohingya settlement […]

Malaysian Bar Council: Return of 5,000 Myanmar refugees must be voluntary and individually assessed Malaysia must ensure that any plan to return 5,000 refugees to Myanmar is voluntary and based on individual risk assessments so that no person is sent back to persecution or serious harm, Malaysian Bar Council president […]

Anti-Rohingya hostility forces more than 100 refugees from Malaysian village More than 100 Rohingya refugees were forced to leave their homes in Kuala Muda, Penang, after local residents displayed signs telling Rohingya to leave the village, as a wider wave of anti-Rohingya rhetoric and hostile content spread across Malaysian social […]

Nepal police say 526 Rohingya entered through open India border Nepal Police say 526 Rohingya refugees are currently living in the country after entering at different times through the open Nepal-India border, prompting authorities to strengthen monitoring amid concerns over unauthorized cross-border movement. Central Police Spokesperson Deputy Inspector General Avinarayan […]

Yaba, Crystal Meth used as ‘Narco-Currency’ in cross-border trade with Myanmar, officials say Yaba and crystal meth are increasingly being used as a form of “narco-currency” in illicit cross-border trade between Bangladesh and conflict-hit Rakhine State, with Bangladeshi goods allegedly exchanged for drugs through maritime trafficking networks, according to officials […]