This food, produced by American farmers, will be delivered through the World Food Programme as part of the United States’ assistance to more than one million Rohingya in critical need, said an US Embassy press release here today.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
17,000 MTs of U.S.-grown food aid arrives to support Rohingya
This food, produced by American farmers, will be delivered through the World Food Programme as part of the United States’ assistance to more than one million Rohingya in critical need, said an US Embassy press release here today.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
A Bleak Future for Rohingya Refugees
By Jannatul Naym Pieal
March 14, 2025
Despite the U.N. secretary-general’s visit to Bangladesh this week, the outlook for Rohingya refugees remains bleak.
Recent developments – including the Arakan Army’s decision to ban the term “Rohingya” in areas under its control, dwindling food aid for refugees in Bangladesh, and shifting geopolitical stances – are shaping the future of one of the world’s most persecuted communities.
Secretary-General's press encounter on the Rohingya Refugees
United Nations
14 March 2025
And in this visit, I’ve already heard two clear messages. First, Rohingyas want to go back to Myanmar. It is essential that the international community does everything to make sure that peace is reestablished in Myanmar and that the rights of the Rohingyas are respected, that discrimination and persecution like the one we have witnessed in the past, will end.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
UN to halve Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh amid funding crunch
Aljazeera
6 Mar 2025
World Food Programme says ‘severe funding shortfalls’ to force cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6 per person.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said in a letter on Wednesday that “severe funding shortfalls” are forcing a cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6 per person.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Repatriation of Muslim Refugees from Bangladesh 1978-79
Repatriation of Muslim Refugees from Bangladesh 1978-79
1. Associated Press (AP) report from Teknaf Road - 5 June 1978
2. United Press International (UPI) report from Dacca - 29 June 1978
3. Text of 'Secret' Burma-Bangladesh Repatriation Agreement 9 July 1978
4. United Press International (UPI) report from Cox's Bazaar - 10 October 1978
5. Richard Wigg: The Times 27 October 1978 - Repatriation camps stay empty
6. Richard Wigg: The Times 31 October 1978 - Barren Ricefields after Muslim Flight
7. British Embassy Report on visit by Bangladeshi Foreign Minister - 6 February 1979
8. The 1978-79 Bangladesh Refugee Relief Operation - Alan Lindquist UNHCR 1979
9. British Embassy report on the reception arrangements - 23 February 1979
10. British High Commissioner Stephen Miles: Dacca Report - 10 April 1979
11. British Ambassador's despatch on the completion of the repatriation - 3 July 1979
12. Extract from Chapter IV of 'Arakan' by Klaus Fleischmann, Hamburg 1981
13. The Muslim population in Arakan - Peter Nicolaus, Senior Repatriation Officer,1995
14. The Repatriation of Refugees after the exoduses of 1978 and 1991: CR Abrar 1995
15. The Legal Statisus of Indians in Contemporary Burma - Robert Taylor ISEAS 2006
16. Unpacking the presumed statelessness of Rohingyas - Nyi Nyi Kyaw 2017
Thursday, February 13, 2025
‘Become American, Work Hard, Love Democracy’: Dreams Dashed by Trump Orders
The New York Times
By Hannah Beech
Reporting from Bangkok
Feb. 12, 2025
President Trump’s moves to pause refugee resettlement,
freeze foreign aid and suspend funds to promote democracy have added
more chaos to one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises.
The family of four refugees filled seven suitcases for their new life in America. They packed blankets, tin plates, one blade for clearing the land in their future home and one for chopping meat. They left behind what they were not supposed to bring: slingshots, fish paste, traditional medicines from their native Myanmar.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Our hearts beat for US deportees but turn against Rohingyas entering India. That’s hypocrisy
The Print
Karanjeet Kaur
11 February, 2025
The sight of dozens of crestfallen Indians exiting the ramp of the US military plane that landed in Amritsar last week, cast a pall of gloom over the news cycle. But for me, the defining image of India’s deportation crisis isn’t the 104 Indians bound and handcuffed by US officials—it’s the Punjabi politicians who voluntarily appeared in chains outside Parliament.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Accountability for crimes committed against Rohingya is critical for future peace, says Head of the Myanmar Mechanism during Bangladesh visit
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE
MECHANISM FOR MYANMAR
During his visit, Koumjian met with high-level government officials, as well as more than 100 Rohingya activists and representatives of community organizations from the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
‘We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border
The Guardian
Sarah Aziz
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar are being detained and forced back by Bangladeshi border guards
In the dim light of his home in Arakan, Myanmar, Mohammed is talking above the wailing of his youngest child. All three of his children are hungry, he says. The 32-year-old Rohingya man’s parents, leaning together against the wall, are just visible as Mohammed speaks on the video call.
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Joint Press Statement on the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Myanmar
U.S Department of State
Media NoteOffice of the Spokesperson
January 6, 2025
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Monday, January 6, 2025
Over 200 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia over weekend, official says | REUTERS Reuters
REUTERS
Monday, 06 January 2025
Rohingyas’ return to Myanmar uncertain, despite rebel control of Bangladesh border
mizzima
January 6, 2025
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Malaysia ramps up patrols after Myanmar migrant boat landings on Langkawi
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — Malaysia’s coastguard said on Friday it was doubling patrols in its waters to locate boats carrying undocumented Myanmar migrants, after almost 200 were detained on an island in the northwestern Malaysian state of Kedah.
MMEA Intensifies Patrols To Intercept Myanmar Immigrant Boats Heading Towards Langkawi
Cops arrest 196 Rohingya at Langkawi beach
Bernama
Published: Jan 3, 2025
Credit: PDRM
Langkawi police chief ACP Shariman Ashari said the authorities received information from a member of the public at around 3.25 am, saying that a group of foreigners had landed at the beach.
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Threadbare facilities, high mortality, cats in the corridors: the realities of life for new Rohingya mothers in Cox’s Bazar
The Guardian
Rebecca Root in Cox's Bazar
Thu 2 Jan 2025
In the world’s largest refugee site, a lack of healthcare coupled with rising gang violence makes the journey to motherhood a perilous one
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Tormentors Change, but Not the Torment
By Hannah Beech
Photographs by Adam Ferguson
Reporting from Teknaf, Bangladesh
Dec. 28, 2024
Brutally persecuted for years by the military in Myanmar, the Rohingya ethnic minority has now become the target of one of the junta’s most formidable rivals in the country’s civil war.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Genocide Emergency: Rohingya in Maungdaw, Myanmar
Genocide Watch
26 December 2024
MAUNGDAW, RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR
DECEMBER 2024
Rohingya’s call for justice, equality, peaceful coexistence and inclusive governance in Arakan
J O I N T S T A T E M E N T
December 23, 2024
Rohingya’s call for justice, equality, peaceful coexistence and inclusive governance in Arakan
The Arakan Army (AA) has taken control of Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships in Northern Arakan/Rakhine State. The majority of the remaining 500,000 Rohingya are still living in the territory controlled by the AA. The AA controls the entire border with Bangladesh.
During decades of military rule, the people of Arakan State, including the Rohingya, have yearned for freedom. With the Arakan Army now in control of the territory, it bears the responsibility to fulfill that aspiration. We urge the Arakan Army and its political wing, the United League of Arakan, to uphold and respect the rights of the Rohingya and all ethnic and religious minorities in Arakan State.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Arakan Army is also killing and torturing Rohingya, says leaders at rally
Cox's Bazar Correspondent
Published : 26 Dec 2024,
Rohingya leaders call for international intervention to ensure safe return, as over 60,000 flee to Bangladesh camps
Rohingya refugees, who fled Myanmar to escape persecution and genocide, have called for their return to their homeland, describing their life in Bangladesh as that of "birds in a cage”.