At least 5 Rohingya refugee boats detected off Indonesian coast

FOX NEWS
December 21, 2023 

Muslim-majority Indonesia is a common destination for refugees fleeing Burmese oppression

 

Indonesian authorities detected at least five boats packed tight with refugees approaching shores of Aceh province, officials said Thursday.

The boats are the latest in a surge of vessels that have arrived in Aceh, most carrying Rohingya refugees from southern Bangladesh, where the persecuted Muslim minority fled in 2017 following attacks by the military in their homeland of Burma.

Refugees escape Cox's Bazar

DW
December 3'2023

However, life has remained difficult for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as they lack food, security, education, and work opportunities in the crowded camps.

A report by Human Rights Watch published this year said criminal gangs and affiliates of Islamist armed groups were causing fear at night in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

A 19-year-old Rohingya refugee who recently arrived in Aceh province with her family told the AFP news agency that criminals in Cox's Bazar threatened her and her family every day, and she paid over $1,800 (€1,640) for the boat journey to Indonesia.

74 Rohingya held from UP for staying without valid papers

The Indian EXPRESS

Written by Amit Sharma
Meerut | July 25, 2023 

Of those arrested, 55 are men, 14 women and five minors, the ATS said.

The operation was carried out in six districts and the majority of the arrests were made in Mathura followed by Aligarh (17), Hapur (16), Ghaziabad (4), Meerut (4) and Saharanpur (2). (Representational Image)

 

The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday night arrested 74 Rohingya Muslims who allegedly entered India from Myanmar and Bangladesh illegally before reaching various districts of western parts of the state.

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Myanmar military pursues repatriation project

Aljzeera
May 31, 2023

Delegates from Myanmar's government have visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh as part of a repatriation scheme. It's the second such visit in the past three months. Both countries want to send more than 1,000 Rohingya to Myanmar. Some refugees say they've been pressured into signing repatriation documents. About a million fled Myanmar in 2017 after a military crackdown. Al Jazeera's Tanvir Chowdhury spoke to Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, where few trust the repatriation plan. And live to talk with us is Nay San Lwin, a Burmese human rights activist and co-founder of the Free Rohingya coalition.

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UN To Cut Food Rations Again For Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh

euroasiareview
BenarNews
Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Abdur Rah
May 24, 2023

Rohingya children look at food offered at a shop in the Leda refugee camp in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo Credit: Abdur Rahman/BenarNews

 

The United Nations food agency is reducing rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh for the second time this year citing a funds shortage, a move that refugees fear could push them to the brink of starvation.

Starting June 1, the World Food Program will cut food aid to U.S. $8 a month per person from $10 – after having cut the monthly food ration from $12 in March – marking a total decline of 33% to date this year, a Bangladeshi official confirmed on Tuesday.

UN denied access to Rohingya refugee camps after Cyclone Mocha

The Guardian
Aung Naing Soe and Kaamil Ahmed
Fri 19 May 2023

UNHCR says Myanmar government has refused to allow it to distribute health supplies in Sittwe, where an estimated 90% of Rohingya homes have been destroyed

A Rohingya woman sits by what remains of her home at Basara refugee camp in Sittwe after Cyclone Mocha hit the region. Photograph: Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images

UN staff say they have been denied access to help thousands of Rohingya living in displacement camps in Myanmar who are in urgent need of food, medicine and shelter in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha, which struck the west of the country on Sunday.

‘They are fighting each other’: Hasina highlights conflicts among Rohingya refugees

bdnews24.com

News Desk bdnews24.com
Published : 8 March 2023

The prime minister sheds light on the Myanmar refugee crisis in an interview in Qatar

Sheikh Hasina has highlighted the conflicts among the Myanmar Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, reiterating her concerns over regional security.

The prime minister shed light on the crisis in an interview with Al Jazeera during her visit to Qatar to attend the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, state news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported on Wednesday.

Will the UN’s plea to help Rohingya refugees be answered?

Aljazeera
By Inside Story
Published On 7 Mar 2023

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The UN is appealing to global powers to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

The United Nations is appealing for nearly $900m to help Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from their native Myanmar.

So, how will the international community respond?

And can the Rohingya ever hope for an end to the stateless limbo they’re trapped in?

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.

Twelve people missing after Rohingya refugee trawler sinks off Bangladesh

ALARABIA NEWS

AFP, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Published: 04 October ,2022 

File photo of Rohingya Muslims arriving on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh. (AP)

 

At least a dozen people were missing off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank in rough weather, the South Asian country’s coast guard said.

The fishing trawler left at dawn and was bound for Malaysia before it ran into trouble in the Bay of Bengal, with two search boats scrambling to rescue survivors.

“We have rescued 39 people including 35 Rohingya refugees and four Bangladeshis,” coast guard spokesman Lieutenant Al Amin told AFP.

Rohingya Refugee Crisis Needs Prompt And Thorough Solution – OpEd

eurasiareview

Samina Akhter
September 3, 2022

Displaced Rohingya in Myanmar. Photo Credit: Tasnim News Agency

Our attention was drawn to a recent news story on statements made by notable people and international organizations on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Rohingya catastrophe. Reiterating their assurances, they all essentially stated that they will “continue efforts to find a durable solution to solve the man-made humanitarian disaster.”

A deadly military campaign that began in Rakhine, Myanmar, on August 25, 2017, forced almost a million displaced Rohingyas to seek sanctuary in Bangladesh. Since then, thousands of babies have been born, bringing the total to more than 1.2 million.

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. 

Duterte says PH willing to aid Afghan, Rohingya refugees

PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY
By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
September 22, 2021

 

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Wednesday that the Philippines is willing to extend assistance to Afghan and Rohingya refugees.

While the Philippines has limited resources, it will do its best to “uplift human dignity,” Duterte said in a prerecorded speech delivered during the 76th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.

“The imposition of one’s will over another -- no matter how noble the intent -- has never worked in the past. And it never will in the future,” Duterte said.

Bangladesh floods displace thousands of Rohingya refugees

Aljazeera
30 Jul 2021

UN says more than 21,000 refugees ‘affected’ by the flooding, nearly 4,000 shelters have been damaged or destroyed.

Rohingya refugees fish in floodwaters following heavy rains at the Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh [Shafiqur Rahman/AP]

Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in refugee camps displacing thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southeastern Bangladesh this week, UN and other officials said on Friday, with further heavy rainfall expected.

At least six Rohingya, including three children, died in landslides and flooding while 15 Bangladeshis were killed and more than 200,000 stranded by flooding in Cox’s Bazar, said Mamunur Rashid, the district administrator.

UK accused of ‘abandoning’ Rohingya with ‘catastrophic’ 40% aid cut

The Guardian

Kaamil Ahmed
Fri 21 May 2021

Children in overcrowded Cox’s Bazar settlement likely to suffer most from reduced humanitarian spending, say campaigners

Campaigners have warned of a ‘lost generation’ of children if funding targets for the response in Myanmar are not met. Photograph: Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

The government has been accused of abandoning Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after cutting aid to the humanitarian response by more than 40%.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) pledged £27.6m to the humanitarian sector’s joint response plan launched this week, compared with £47.5m last year.

Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (J-MSNA): Bangladesh Rohingya Refugees - May 2021 [EN/BN]

Assessment
Source :ISCG
6 May 2021

Bangladesh: Age and Disability Inclusion Needs Assessment - Rohingya Refugee Response (April 2021)

Assessment
Source :REACH
30 Apr 2021

Bangladesh: Rohinyga Refugees Allegedly Tortured

 

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

News Release
April 27, 2021

Investigate Security Force Beatings for Attempting to Flee Bhasan Char Island

Rohingya refugees headed to the Bhasan Char island prepare to board navy vessels from the south eastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh on Feb.15, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo

(New York) – Bangladesh authorities should immediately investigate allegations that security forces beat and arbitrarily detained Rohingya refugees who tried to leave Bhasan Char island, Human Rights Watch said today. The Bangladesh government has relocated nearly 20,000 Rohingya refugees to the remote island without consulting international experts to ensure their safety or determining their humanitarian needs.

Bangladesh security forces on April 6, 2021 arrested and beat at least 12 refugees who were caught trying to leave the island, restricting their freedom of movement. The authorities have not informed family members of their whereabouts. On April 12, a Bangladesh sailor allegedly beat four children with a PVC pipe for leaving their quarters to play with refugee children in another area. The authorities should immediately release any refugees who are arbitrarily detained, and hold to account those responsible for abuses.

30 Rohingyas heading to Malaysia rescued

The Daily Star
Our Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar
April 28, 2021

 

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Bangladesh Coast Guard members yesterday rescued 30 Rohingyas, who were trying to go to Malaysia illegally by a trawler through the Bay of Bengal, in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf.

The Rohingyas include 10 women and five children. They were residents of 

The coastguards also seized the trawler.

Quoting the refugees, Amirul Haque, an official of Coast Guard's media wing, told reporters that around 50 Rohingyas boarded the trawler from the beaches in Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas on April 22.

The trawler illegally started for Malaysia on Monday night and at one stage, the trawler driver shouted that robbers had been chasing them and anchored it on Boro Dail beach yesterday morning.

Bangladesh: Turkish agency distributes aid to Rohingya

AA

Mehmet Sah Yilmaz
ANKARA 
26.04.2021

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency aims to help 5,000 Rohingya families in Muslim holy month of Ramadan

Turkey's state-run aid agency sent relief to 1,000 Rohingya families living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the organization announced on Monday.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) said in a statement that the aid was provided as part of a campaign initiated for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.