An Escalating Rohingya Refugee Crisis Calls for a Renewed Canadian Response

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Authors: Pia Silvia Rozario, Suyesha Dutta
Published: September 15, 2023 

As the 2023 Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia, in early September, Southeast Asian leaders “strongly condemned” the continuing violence against civilians in Myanmar, one of ASEAN’s member states. In a 19-point statement, leaders called on the Myanmar Armed Forces to reduce violence and cease deliberate attacks on civilians, residences, and essential public infrastructure. One of the most visible examples of such violence carried out by the Myanmar military pre-dates the current civil war: the persecution of the Rohingya, a majority-Muslim ethnic group, many of them from Rakhine State in the west.

More U.S. Aid for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

VOA
EDITORIALS POLICY FOUCUS
October 6th'2021

The United States will contribute nearly $180 million in additional assistance for the humanitarian crisis facing Rohingya in and outside of Burma, and affected host communities in neighboring Bangladesh.

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Myanmar violence, hunger and ruin risk deeper refugee crisis

NIKKEI ASIA

DOMINIC FAULDER, Nikkei Asia associate editor
JUNE 1, 2021

Medical personnel tend to internally displaced people in Myanmar's Karen State following military air strikes in the area, in this handout image released on May 7. © Karen Medical Information/AFP

Flaring conflicts between military and ethnic groups make bad situation worse

BANGKOK -- A bitter tide of internally displaced persons, or IDPs, is washing up along the historically fractious Myanmar-Thailand border as fighting spreads into new areas.

Over 50,000 people from some 150 villages were reported to have fled their homes around Loikaw and Demoso in the north of Kayah State and Shan State's southerly Pekon township after fighting erupted on May 21.

Myanmar refugee crisis brewing as turmoil hits economy

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ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
April 21, 2021

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar. Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar's political upheavals could cause a regional refugee crisis as political strife following a Feb. 1 coup displace growing numbers of people who have lost their livelihoods. coming in a couple hours.AP

BANGKOK (AP) — Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar’s political upheavals risk causing a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup displaces growing numbers of people who have lost their livelihoods.

Tom Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur for Myanmar, said violence has left nearly 250,000 people displaced. As Myanmar’s neighbors prepare for a summit this week to discuss the coup, he and other rights advocates are warning that the situation could spiral out of control.

“The world must act immediately to address this humanitarian catastrophe," Andrews said in a Twitter post on Wednesday.

Myanmar coup: Asean leadership offers best chance to avert a refugee crisis

South China Morning Post

Lucio Blanco Pitlo III

Opinion

7 Apr, 2021

• Many international actors are vying to play the role of peacemaker in Myanmar, but Asean – flaws and all – remains the most suited to broker talks

• The efforts of Indonesia, along with other key members, show genuine interest to stop growing instability in the country from spilling across the region

Myanmar refugees line up to receive rescue materials in a camp in Manghai, a small border town between China and Myanmar in Yunnan province, in November 2016. Continuing violence in Myanmar has neighbours China, India and Thailand worried about a fresh exodus of refugees fleeing across their border. Photo: Simon Song

A breakthrough could be in the offing as China lends support to an Asean-led initiative to de-escalate the situation in Myanmar and bring warring parties to a dialogue. Last week, foreign ministers from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines flew to Nanping in southeastern Fujian province to meetForeign Minister Wang Yi.

The Rohingya refugee crisis needs our attention

Qj JOURNAL
Ema Popovic
January 15, 2021

 
Contextualizing the role of students in protecting basic human rights 

 

illustration by Ashley Chen

Photo: Ashley Chen

 

The Rohingya refugee crisis affects more than 600,000 people(link is external) by taking lives, tearing families apart, and burning homes to the ground. The recognition and awareness of this ongoing crisis by university students, set to become our leaders of tomorrow, is critical in protecting basic human rights going forward.

Rohingya Refugee Crisis Forces Thousands Of Families to Dangerous, Uninhabited Island

GREN MATTERS

By Lizzy Rosenberg
22nd December 2020

Source: Getty

One of the most devastating examples of ongoing genocide is currently taking place in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, where a marginalized group of people called the Rohingya people have been suffering from the effects of "ethnic cleaning" for many years. Now, they are being relocated to a potentially unsafe island off the coast of Chattogram, which will likely pose serious environmental and human rights risks.

Hope During The Rohingya Refugee Crisis

BORGEN   Magazine

World News 

November 29, 2020 

DHAKA, Bangladesh — For the past three years, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh, fleeing violence in Myanmar. During this time, there have been countless stories of the tragedies these refugees have faced. The root causes of what forced them to leave their homes include the severe discrimination and violence they faced. Many also lived in poverty, with their homes being burned down. Since Myanmar refused to acknowledge their existence, these individuals have zero proof of citizenship and lack access to schools and hospitals. However, there are some stories of hope during the Rohingya refugee crisis.