Myanmar delegation returns home after verifying info of 500 Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Published: March 22, 2023 

Bangla Tribune

A delegation from Myanmar has returned home after verifying the information of about 500 Rohingyas who are in the process of repatriation in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar.

The delegation left Bangladesh on a trawler through the Teknaf-Myanmar transit jetty at Jaliapara of Teknaf at around 10am on Wednesday.

The delegation comprising 17 members arrived in Bangladesh on March 15.

Myanmar team visits Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya repatriation project

Aljazeera
15 Mar 2023

Myanmar delegation is visiting camps this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for the project.

Nearly a million Rohingya are living in camps in Bangladesh in the border district of Cox's Bazar, most having fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in 2017 [File: Ed Jones/AFP]

A delegation from Myanmar is visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for a pilot repatriation project.

A Bangladeshi official said on Wednesday it was unclear when the mainly Muslim refugees would be going home.

Another 273 Rohingya refugees moved to Cox’s Bazar transit camp from Tumbru

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Cox’s Bazar Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 6 Feb 2023,


They had taken refuge at the Tumbru border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari after their houses in the camp on the border were burnt down 

The Bangladeshi authorities have relocated another 273 Rohingya people from 53 families, who had taken refuge at the Tumbru border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari, to a transit camp in Cox’s Bazar.

The operation to evacuate the refugees from Tumbru, who took shelter there after their camp on the borderline was burnt during a gunfight between armed Rohingya groups, continued for the second day on Monday, said Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Md Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury.

In Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar, 2 Rohingya militant groups fight for dominance

RFA
Nazmul Ahasan for BenarNews
2023.02.02
Oakland, CA

The Rohingya Solidarity Organization emerged in 2021 to fight the military but finds itself up against a rival.

Rohingya women and children rest in a village in Naikhongchhari, a sub-district of Bandarban, Bangladesh after fleeing from a clash between rival Rohingya insurgent groups and a blaze in their refugee settlement along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Jan. 18 , 2023.[Abdur Rahman/BenarNews]

A 12-hour gunbattle and the torching of a refugee settlement along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border thrust the Rohingya Solidarity Organization, an old armed insurgent group, back into the spotlight.

The fighting last month between members of RSO and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) insurgents left at least one person dead and forced hundreds of Rohingya refugees to flee the encampment.

AIDS increasing among Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar

THE
BUSINESS
STANDARD  

TBS Report
29 July, 2022

Out of 958 AIDS infected patients in Cox’s Bazar 771 are Rohingyas 

Around 40,000 Rohingya refugees are estimated to have fled to India from neighboring Myanmar. Photo: Bloomberg.

The number of AIDS cases has been increasing in Cox's Bazar every year, with Rohingyas being the most affected.

According to the information provided by ART (Anti-retroviral Therapy) and HIV wing of Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital, HIV scanning programme started in Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital in 2015.

Bangladesh: Rampant Police Abuse of Rohingya Refugees

H U M A N

R I G H T S

W A T C H

January 17, 2023

Police officers stand guard in front of Rohingya refugees at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 30, 2021. © 2021 Mushfiqul Alam/NurPhoto via AP

(Bangkok) – Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion (APBn) is committing extortion, arbitrary arrests, and harassment of Rohingya refugees already facing violence from criminal gangs and armed groups, Human Rights Watch said today. Donor governments should press the Bangladesh authorities to investigate alleged abuses against Rohingya living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, ensure that victims have effective remedies, and develop measures to better protect refugees.

The Armed Police Battalion took over security in the Rohingya camps in July 2020. Refugees and humanitarian workers report that safety has deteriorated under the APBn’s oversight due to increased police abuses as well as criminal activity. Some refugees allege collusion between APBn officers and armed groups and gangs operating in the camps.

Second Rohingya leader killed in span of 12hrs

Dhaka Tribune

Tribune Desk
January 8, 2023 

Rohingyas walk on a road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune

Another Rohingya leader was killed in a span of 12 hours, in Balukhali camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar early Sunday.

The deceased was Mohammad Selim, 35, son of Abdus Sobhan of the camp.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station Sheikh Mohammad Ali said Selim was killed after a group of miscreants “from Arsa” called him from his house early in the morning and shot him.

A police team reached the spot after receiving the information, but the miscreants had already fled the area, he said.

Rohingya hold rally seeking return to homeland

KHMER TIMES
January 3, 2023

A file photo of Rohingya refugees in India. ANI

DHAKA – “2023 should be Rohingya Home Year,” read a placard held up by a refugee boy as nearly 1,000 Rohingya people in Bangladesh’s refugee camp in the southern border district of Cox’s Bazar held a rally, demanding a peaceful and dignified return to their home country of Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Carrying banners and placards with various slogans like “Rohingya Want to Smile in 2023,” “No NVC (National Verification Cards)” and “Enough is Enough, Let’s Go Home”, a large number of the persecuted people attended the rally on Saturday. 

US-Myanmar-Bangladesh: Humanitarian Significance Of US Rohingya Rehabilitation Announcement – OpEd

eurasiareview
By Samina Akhter
December 6, 2022

US State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Immigration Julieta Valls Noyes promoting gender-based violence Safe from the Start Revisioned initiative at Cox’s Bazar. Photo Credit: US State Department

According to the announcement of the State Department, US State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Immigration Julieta Valls Noyes arrived in Bangladesh on a four-day visit on Saturday (December 03). She visits the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. Considering the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, Valls Noyce will meet with government officials during her visit to Bangladesh for showing generosity by sheltering Rohingya and other refugees. She will also meet with the officials of private and international partner organizations to highlight the commitment of the United States to support the Rohingya refugees and the local people of the populated country who have received shelter in this country. On December 7, the US Assistant Secretary of State will leave Bangladesh for Thailand.

Netherlands, IOM join hands to strengthen resilience of Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

Dhaka Tribune

Tribune Desk
November 28, 2022

The project aims to provide multi-sectoral support assistance for the Rohingya refugees and the host communities in Cox’s Bazar

Courtesy

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Dhaka and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have signed an agreement based on which the Netherlands will provide $7.5 million to IOM for the implementation of the “Restoring the Environment and Strengthening Resilience of Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Cox's Bazar” project.

The project aims to provide multi-sectoral support assistance for the Rohingya refugees and the host communities in Cox's Bazar.

Bangladesh Launches Police Probe on ARSA Chief and Others Over Intelligence Officer’s Death

The Irrawaddy
Muktadir Rashid
26 November 2022

Bangladesh security personnel stand guard during a crackdown in a Rohingya refugee camp against suspected criminals and insurgents in October. / AFP

 

DHAKA — An investigation has been launched in Bangladesh into 66 alleged members of a Rohingya militant group over a shootout earlier this month on Myanmar’s border in which a Bangladeshi security officer was killed.

An investigation into Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) commander-in-chief Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi and 65 others was launched on Wednesday over the killing of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) officer Rizwan Rushdee and injuring of a Rapid Action Battalion member during an anti-smuggling operation in hilly Bandarban district on November 14.

Bangladesh launches a campaign of raids in the Rohingya refugee camps against the elements "criminal"

East Post 

2022-10-31

Elite Bangladesh police forces have launched a crackdown on criminals and suspected insurgents in Rohingya refugee camps, following an upsurge in attacks on camp officials, police officials said Sunday.

The “armed police battalion” in charge of security in 34 camps housing about one million Rohingya refugees said it had arrested at least 56 people since Friday night.

About 740,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh to escape a military campaign against them in Myanmar in 2017, joining more than 200,000 Rohingya who were previously in camps in Cox’s Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh.

2 Rohingya men shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

The Daily Star

Star Digital Report
Thu Oct 27, 2022

Criminals shot dead two Rohingya men after picking them up from their houses in the refugee camp of Ukhiya upazila in Cox's Bazar early today (October 27, 2022).

The deceased are Ayat Ullah (40) and Mohammad Yeasin (30).

With them, at least seven Rohingya men including a child were shot dead in Cox's Bazar this month.

Today's shooting took place at Block-C in Balukhali camp around 3:30am, said Syed Harun-or-Rashid, commanding officer of Armed Police Battalion-14.

After father, son now killed by miscreants at Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar

The Daily Star  

Star Digital Report
Tue Oct 18, 2022

Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar. Star file photo/Anisur Rahman

A Rohingya youth was killed by miscreants with sharp knives and shooting at Tajnimar Khola 19 camp of Palangkhali union of Ukhia upazila in Cox's Bazar.

The deceased, Syed Hossain (23), was the son of late Jamil Hossain who was killed earlier by miscreants.

The incident took place around 8pm tonight (October 18, 2022), reports our Cox's Bazar correspondent quoting Md Faruk Ahmed, assistant superintendent of police (Media) of APBn.

Rohingya camp leader hacked dead in Cox’s Bazar

daily observor
ublished : Friday, 10 June, 2022
Observer Online Report

A Rohingya leader was allegedly hacked to death at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Friday over establishing dominance in the camp.

The victim was Md Azimuddin, 48, a leader of block L/16 of camp-18 in Balukhali.

Rohingya refugees face eternal exile in Bangladesh

France24
By: Alban ALVAREZ | Mathilde CUSIN
27/05/2022

The ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims suffer severe persecution in Myanmar. Following a deadly crackdown by the Burmese army in 2017, some 740,000 Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, where they were settled in the southern town of Cox’s Bazar. Five years on, the town is home to the world’s largest and most dangerous refugee camp, with frequent floods, fires and gang wars. In December 2020, the Bangladeshi government decided to relocate some of the Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal. Our reporters Alban Alvarez and Mathilde Cusin managed to gain access to it. 

Police detain over 300 Rohingya for venturing outside Cox’s Bazar refugee camps

RFA
Radio Free Asia
By BenarNews
2022.04.05

Some of the Rohingya who were detained by police for leaving their refugee camps are seen at the Ukhia police station in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 5, 2022. Abdur Rahman/BenarNews

Bangladesh authorities were holding more than 300 Rohingya in transit camps after police caught them working outside their refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, or while leaving their shelters for other purposes, officials said Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch meanwhile renewed its call for the government to ease movement restrictions on Rohingya, saying that barring refugees from leaving the camps for work or shutting down their shops within the camps only compounds their misery.

Sheltering Rohingyas should not be lead to instability in South Asia: Japanese envoy

The Daily Star
Star Digital Report

Mon Feb 28, 2022

 Displacement and poverty are the inevitable results of wars and internal conflicts, and the Rohingyas are a prime example of that. File Photo: Reuters

The world should not allow the one million Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh to be the cause of instability in the region, said Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki today.

He also urged all to join hands for a sustainable solution to the crisis.

"We should work for creating an enabling environment in Rakhine state of Myanmar for early repatriation," he said at the inaugural of a seminar today.

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and Japanese Embassy in Dhaka co-organised the event titled "Geopolitics of Indo-Pacific and Reconnecting the Bay of Bengal Littorals" at BIISS auditorium.

Another 1008 Rohingyas on their way to Chittagong for Bhasanchar

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Own reporter
RepresentativeCox's Bazar and Teknaf
Published: 18 February 2022,

A convoy of Rohingyas on their way to Chittagong from Ukhia in Cox's Bazar to Bhasanchar. Today is Wednesday noonPhoto: Prothom Alo

Another 1,006 Rohingyas have left for Chittagong from Ukhia in Cox's Bazar to Bhasanchar in Noakhali. The law enforcers are taking the Rohingya bus convoy to Chittagong for the first time through tight security at around 1:15 pm on Wednesday. They are scheduled to reach Chittagong at night. Besides, more than five hundred Rohingyas will be sent to Chittagong in the second phase in the afternoon. They will be transferred to Bhasanchar from Chittagong on Thursday.

Earlier, 21,505 Rohingyas from various camps in Ukhia and Teknaf were shifted to Bhasanchar. A total of 22,511 Rohingyas were sent to Bhasanchar. Rohingya relocation activities in Bhasanchar are being conducted by the Office of the Commissioner for Refugee Relief and Repatriation (RRRC), various law enforcement agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including the Armed Police Battalion (APBN).

Bangladesh Cracks Down on Crime at Rohingya Camps, Nets Dozens of Suspects

Radio Free Asia - RFA

2021-10-12

Police launched the operation after the killing of refugee leader Muhib Ullah last month.

Bangladesh foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen (center) listens to a relative of slain Rohingya leader Muhib Ullah during a visit to the crime scene at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Oct. 9, 2021.

Courtesy Armed Police Battalion, Cox's Bazar

Bangladesh police have arrested nearly 40 refugees, including many suspected of involvement with illegal weapons and drugs, since they launched a crackdown against criminality at Rohingya camps after community leader Muhib Ullah was slain last month, an official said Tuesday.

Among the dozens of Rohingya refugees taken into custody as part of the crackdown, five are suspected of being linked directly to the Sept. 29 killing of Ullah, a prominent Rohingya activist, at his office in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar district, according to the authorities.