လှေစီးပြေး ရိုဟင်ဂျာဒုက္ခသည်တွေကို ဒေသတွင်းနိုင်ငံတွေ ကူညီဖို့ EU တိုက်တွန်း

VOA
ဗွီအိုအေ (မြန်မာပိုင်း)
04 မေ၊ 2020

Langkawi ကျွန်းရှိ မလေးရှားပိုင်နက်အတွင်းမှာ တွေ့ရတဲ့ လှေစီးပြေး ရိုဟင်ဂျာတချို့ (ဓာတ်ပုံ - AFP PHOTO / MALAYSIAN MARITIME ENFORCEMENT AGENCY)

အမျိုးသမီးတွေနဲ့ ကလေးငယ်တွေ အပါအဝင် ရာနဲ့ချီတဲ့ ရိုဟင်ဂျာဒုက္ခသည်တွေ ပင်လယ်ပြင်မှာ ရက်သတ္တ ပတ်တွေနဲ့ချီ မျောပါနေတဲ့ အခြေအနေတွေနဲ့ မကြုံရအောင် ဒေသတွင်းနိုင်ငံတွေ ဝိုင်းဝန်းကူညီကြဖို့ ဥရော ပသမဂ္ဂ (EU) က တိုက်တွန်းလိုက်ပါတယ်။

Watchdog concerned over ‘risky quarantine’ of Rohingya

AA
Md. Kamruzzaman 

DHAKA, Bangladesh

05.05.2020 

Bangladeshi minister defends sending 29 Rohingya refugees to remote island for quarantine 

A global human rights watchdog on Tuesday voiced concerns over safety of 29 Rohingya refugees, who have been quarantined at a remote island by Bangladeshi authorities.

“Bangladesh authorities have quarantined 29 Rohingya refugees without adequate access to aid on an unstable silt island in the Bay of Bengal,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Concerns raised after Rohingya quarantined on Bangladeshi island

Aljazeera
5,May 2020

HRW says relocation of 29 Rohingya to flood-prone Bhasan Char island without access to aid poses risk to refugees.

Authorities said the 29 Rohingya were relocated to the controversial Bhasan Char island to prevent coronavirus outbreak in the refugee camps [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Rights groups and aid agencies have raised concerns after dozens of stranded Rohingya refugees, who landed at Bangladesh's southern coast at the weekend, were sent to an inhabitable island in the Bay of Bengal.

Rohingya refugees sent to flood-prone Bangladesh island after months at sea

DW
2020.05.04

After being turned away by Malaysia, at least 500 Rohingya refugees facing persecution in Myanmar have spent two months at sea. Now one boat of 29 people has been sent to an "uninhabitable" Bangladeshi island.

After being turned away by Malaysia, at least 500 Rohingya refugees facing persecution in Myanmar have spent two months at sea. Now one boat of 29 people has been sent to an "uninhabitable" Bangladeshi island.

Rohingya tell of death at sea: Hundreds still adrift

REUTERS
Posted May 4, 2020
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February would be his ticket out of a camp in Bangladesh to a better life in Malaysia.

 Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February would be his ticket out of a camp in Bangladesh to a better life in Malaysia.Instead, the voyage nearly killed him. Libby Hogan reports.

Instead, the voyage nearly killed him.

The 20-year-old was among almost 400 survivors pulled from the water, starving, emaciated and traumatized after the boat failed to reach Malaysia and spent weeks adrift before returning to Bangladesh in mid-April.

Nowhere to flee, Rohingya refugees are struggling to survive

Dhaka Tribune

Sayedullah, Kamal, Alom Shah
May 3rd, 2020

File photo of Rohingya women and children in a camp in Cox Bazar Mahmud Hossain Opu/ Dhaka Tribune

Instead of looking forward to a better, more peaceful future, Rohingya are starting to flee again. This time, they are fleeing from Bangladesh

In 2017, when the genocidal campaign in Myanmar forced the Rohingya across the border and into Bangladesh, we came seeking refuge and safety. The country opened its borders and its hearts to almost 800,000 Rohingya and we were grateful.

Dozens of Rohingya From Stranded Boat Land in Southern Bangladesh: Official Says

The New York Times

Reuters
May 2, 2020

DHAKA — Dozens of Rohingya believed to be from one of several boats stuck at sea landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, as concerns grew over hundreds stranded for weeks on trawlers because of coronavirus restrictions.

“A small boat carrying 43 people came to shore today,” the government official said, declining to be named because they were not authorized to speak to media.

Some of the arrivals were sent to Bhasan Char, a remote island off the coast where authorities previously planned to house Rohingya, the official said.

The anger against the Rohingya has roots

THE Star 
Saturday, 02 May 2020
WONG CHUN WAI

A boat with some 202 Rohingya people onboard arrived in Langkawi. -filepic

HE calls himself “Long Tiger” and has carved himself out a reputation as the most infamous Rohingya on social media, but a series of critical Facebook posts against Malaysians, particularly Malay-Muslims, has landed him in trouble.

There was an uproar against the 31-year-old man over his rants. His identity has been revealed, and with his list of criminal offences, it is perhaps only fitting that seeking fame on social media led to his real-life infamy being exposed.

Dozens of stranded Rohingya refugees land in Bangladesh

Aljazeera
3,May-2020

Officials say a small boat carrying about 40 people, including 'starving' children, came ashore in southern Bangladesh.

Belongings of Rohingya refugees lay on the shore as their carrier boat remains anchored nearby in Teknaf [File: Suzauddin Rubel/AFP]

Dozens of Rohingya believed to be from one of several boats floating in the Bay of Bengal for weeks have landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh, according to officials, as fears grow over hundreds of people stuck at sea on vessels because of coronavirus restrictions.

Security officials quoted by news agencies said on Sunday that a small boat carrying about 40 people, including "starving" women and children, had come ashore the previous day. 

'Many people died in front of me': hundreds of Rohingya stranded on refugee boats in Bay of Bengal

The Telegraph  

By Jennifer Rigby

3 May 2020 •
UN warns of a 'human tragedy of terrible proportions' if no action is taken to help refugees still floating hopelessly on the open sea 

Shomshu Alom, 18, was one of the survivors on a boat with hundreds of Rohingya refugees which was rescued by the Bangladesh coastguard two weeks ago Credit: Ro Yassin Abdumonab

Shomshu Alom, 18, spent 53 days at sea.

Drifting on a fishing trawler that was teeming with other desperate refugees, he watched his friends die in front of him, starved, and was forced to drink sea water to survive.

Rohingya refugees sent to remote Bangladeshi island after weeks at sea

The Guardian 
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Bangkok and agencies
Sun 3 May 2020

Hundreds more refugees still stranded on boats after being turned away by Malaysia 

A boat carrying Rohingya refugees is detained in Malaysian territorial waters off the island of Langkawi on 16 April. Photograph: Maritime Enforcement Agency Handout/EPA 

 
Rohingya refugees believed to have spent weeks stranded on cramped boats at sea have been sent to a remote, uninhabited island by Bangladesh, while hundreds more remain adrift.

Dozens of Rohingya landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, with some sent to Bhasan Char, a silt island in the estuary of Bangladesh’s Meghna river.

'Stranded' Rohingyas land on Bangladesh coast

THE STRAITSTIMES
2020.05.02

Rohingya refugees are seen in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, on March 24, 2020.PHOTO: AFP

COX'S BAZAR (AFP) - Dozens of Rohingya refugees believed to have come from two boats stranded at sea for weeks as they tried to reach Malaysia landed on the Bangladesh coast on Saturday (May 2), Rohingya community leaders said.

Bangladesh has refused to let the two trawlers carrying about 500 people land on its territory despite UN calls to allow them in as a powerful storm bears down on the region.

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims Stuck at Sea in Refugee Crisis With ‘Zero Hope’

The New York Times
By Hannah Beech
May 1, 2020


At least three boats carrying Rohingya refugees have been adrift for more than two months. As of this week, rights groups that had been tracking the boats lost sight of them.

The belongings of Rohingya refugees lying on the shore last month as their boat remained anchored nearby in Teknaf, Bangladesh.Credit...Suzauddin Rubel/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

BANGKOK — Somewhere in turquoise waters, perhaps where the Bay of Bengal meets the Andaman Sea, wooden boats filled with Rohingya refugees are listing, adrift now for more than 10 weeks.

They were prevented from docking in Malaysia, their preferred destination, and Bangladesh, their port of origin. As of this week, rights groups that had been trying to track the boats by satellite lost sight of them. Each boat — there were at least three — carried hundreds of Rohingya Muslims desperate for sanctuary and at the mercy of human traffickers.

Home minister: Malaysia sent Rohingya boat away with food as borders closed due to Covid-19

malaymail 

Thursday, 30 Apr 2020 BY IDA LIM

A boat carrying suspected ethnic Rohingya migrants is seen detained in Malaysian territorial waters, in Langkawi April 5, 2020. — Reuters pic

KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Malaysian authorities turned away a boat with ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar only after providing them with food to continue their journey elsewhere, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said today.

Hamzah was referring to a recent news report of the Royal Malaysian Navy intercepting a boat carrying about 200 Rohingya that was spotted 70 nautical miles away from Langkawi, with the crew of a navy ship providing food to them on humanitarian grounds before ensuring the boat left the country’s waters.

COMMENT | Rohingya issue – my heart was never bleeding

malaysia kini

OPINION

S Thayaparan

Do not sabotage the government’s effort in curbing Covid-19 in the name of ‘human rights’. Does our country have the resources and capacity to accommodate these refugees?”

- MCA vice-president Tan Teik Cheng

COMMENT | The “plight” of the Rohingya has somehow united the far-right and progressive elements in social media, and the vitriol against the community – online at least – has brought out allegations of scapegoating and pleas for “empathy” for this community.

 

The PN’s government move to deny a boatload of “Rohingya” refugees from entering Malaysia is a good start as far as I am concerned, but using the excuse of the coronavirus pandemic as some sort of prophylactic against charges of “inhumane treatment” is complete horse manure, if you ask me.

Solving Solving Rohingya crisis takes a global effort, burden shouldn’t fall on Malaysia’s shoulders alone, says HadiRohingya crisis takes a global effort, burden shouldn’t fall on Malaysia’s shoulders alone, says Hadi

malaymail  

BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY

Monday, 27 Apr 2020 

General view of a Rohingya settlement in Bandar Baru Sentul, Kuala Lumpur April 24, 2020. — Picture Hari Anggara

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The humanitarian crisis that has plagued the Rohingya people needs to be dealt with via an international effort rather than Malaysia solely bearing the burden, said PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.

In an exhaustive Facebook posting today, Hadi explained that while Malaysia has done its fair share by aiding refugees, it cannot continue an open-door policy as it could be seen as facilitating the “oppressive” acts of the Myanmar government towards the Rohingya people.

Bangladesh urged to open ports to allow in Rohingya refugee boats

The Guardian
Rebecca Ratcliffe
South-east Asia correspondent
Mon 27 Apr 2020

More than 500 stranded on trawlers in what UN calls ‘human tragedy of terrible proportions’

A boat carrying suspected Rohingya refugees off the island of Langkawi, Malaysia. Earlier this month, Bangladesh rescued a boat that had been left adrift for two months after attempting to reach Malaysia. Photograph: Maritime Enforcement Agency Handout/EPA

The Bangladeshi government has been urged to open its ports and allow two boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees to come ashore so they can be given urgent medical care, food and water.

UN requests Bangladesh to let in 2 boats carrying 500 Rohingyas

Dhaka Tribune
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
April 25th, 2020

File photo: Rohingya refugees who were rescued by Bangladesh Coast Guard in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Dhaka Tribune

No more Rohingyas will be allowed in, the foreign minister said on Wednesday

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has requested the Bangladesh government to allow two boats carrying around 500 Rohingyas in the Bay of Bengal to anchor in port.

These two boats have been trying to reach the shores of Bangladesh from the international waters since Monday. Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Coast Guard are not allowing them into the country.

Rohingya refugees rejected everywhere as countries grapple with COVID-19 concerns

TheJakataPost

Dian Septiari
The Jakarta Post

Rohingya refugees get in a truck following their arrival by boat in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on April 16. (AFP/Suzauddin Rubel ) 

As countries scramble to contain the spread of COVID-19 in their territories while prioritizing the well-being of their citizens, Rohingya refugees are again facing widespread rejection. Hundreds are currently stranded at sea in the Bay of Bengal.

Nearby countries have tightened border controls to slow the COVID-19 outbreak, and refugees have become an issue that no country wants to deal with.

Rohingya refugees stranded at sea show urgent need for regional response

AMNESTY

INTERNATIONAL 

22 April 2020,

Bangladesh

The Bangladesh authorities should rescue and welcome Rohingya refugees currently stranded at sea, Amnesty International said today. Other governments must fulfil their shared responsibility to carry out search and rescue efforts, in line with their international obligations to protect life, and allow safe disembarkation of refugees and asylum seekers at sea.