Refugee News
- 29/03/2020
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By John Pennington, ASEAN Today The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Cox’s Bazar has heightened concerns the outbreak will devastate the Rohingya community in nearby camps. The...
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- 25/03/2020
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By Mohammed Rafique, The Rohingya Post “I am extremely anxious. So do many of us. It will be a disaster if we cannot prevent it" As the novel coronavirus COVID-19...
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- 18/03/2020
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The government on Thursday handed over a list of 4,92,000 more Rohingyas to Myanmar for verification to facilitate their return to the Rakhine state, although the Myanmar authorities were allegedly...
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- 11/03/2020
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By Verena Hölzl, The New Humanitarian ‘Provide us half our rations, but give us back the internet.’ Mohammed Rafique’s dying mother wanted to hear from her son in Myanmar one...
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- 22/02/2020
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By Aman Ullah The National Taskforce set up by the Government of Bangladesh has decided in its recent meeting that the Rohingya children living in Bangladesh refugee camps will be...
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- 07/02/2020
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By Daniel P. Sullivan, Refugees International Summary More than two years since the expulsion of the majority of the Rohingya population from Myanmar, Rohingya are still not being adequately informed...
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- 12/11/2019
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Sheikh Hasina Wazed Prime Minister Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejagaon, Dhaka-1215 Bangladesh CC: Minister of Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder U.N....
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- 07/11/2019
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By RFA The U.N.’s refugee agency says it wants to meet with Bangladesh government officials to discuss concerns about Dhaka’s plan to move thousands of Rohingya from Cox’s Bazar to...
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- 03/11/2019
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By Agence France-Presse DHAKA - Bangladesh said Sunday plans to relocate thousands of Rohingya living in overcrowded refugee camps to a remote island were “uncertain” after authorities failed to gain support...
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- 31/10/2019
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By Dave Grunebaum, VOA BANGKOK — Almost one in five children under the age of 18 living in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh suffers from a severe mental health problem,...
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- 27/10/2019
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By Dhaka Tribune Five US senators came to Bangladesh on a 7-day visit After visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that hosted over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, New...
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- 26/10/2019
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By Fortify Rights Press Release Testimonies indicate relocations slated for next month would be involuntary (BANGKOK, October 25, 2019)—The Government of Bangladesh should immediately halt plans to relocate Rohingya refugees...
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- 24/10/2019
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By The Daily Star Appreciating the country for opening its borders to huge Rohingya refugees, the United States has urged Bangladesh to "postpone" its Rohingya relocation plan to Bhashan char...
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- 16/10/2019
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Being good at both bat and ball, Jasmin found relief when she was growing up in the UK Jasmin Akhter, a Rohingya refugee born in Bangladesh, has been included in...
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- 08/10/2019
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by Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.'s independent investigator on Myanmar says it's not safe for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to return...
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- 05/10/2019
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By KYODO NEWS Maebashi, Japan - As the Rohingya refugee crisis continues far away, the ethnic group's youths living north of Tokyo have formed a football team in a bid...
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- 04/10/2019
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By Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, Dhaka Tribune 'China also said [to Myanmar] to give them [Rohingyas] cell phones so that they can inform their relatives about the situation' China has joined Bangladesh...
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- 01/10/2019
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By HRW Barbed Wire, Guard Towers to Deny Freedom of Movement (New York) – The Bangladesh government’s plans for barbed wire and guard towers around Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar violate...
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- 28/09/2019
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(Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 26, 2019 — Rohingya Refugee Network (RNN) expresses its deepest appreciation to Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, for putting emphasis on a long-term solution...
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- 26/09/2019
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By Joshua Kurlantzick | World Politics Review Myanmar’s government is pushing for the more than 1 million Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh to start returning to the country, in an...
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- 26/09/2019
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By Burmese News International A landmine explosion has killed a Rohingya refugee on the Burma-Bangladesh border, according to Lieutenant Colonel Ali Haidar Azad Ahmed, Commanding Officer of 34 BGB Battalion,...
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- 25/09/2019
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By Aakash Hassan | News18.com The period of internet blockade reminds them of the not-so-good-old days: when they had no information about their relatives and family members, when news of someone’s death...
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- 25/09/2019
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By Servet Günerigök, Anadolu Agency 'If you can do that, we are ready to build proper camps for these vulnerable people,' says Turkish FM WASHINGTON Turkey’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday...
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- 25/09/2019
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By The Daily Star Putting emphasis on a long-term solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she is going to place a four-point proposal at the...
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