US official sought to end aid for Rohingya refugees, email says

REUTERS
By Jonathan Landay
March 14, 2025

Rohingya refugees hold placards while attending a Ramadan Solidarity Iftar to have an Iftar meal with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government, at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain Purchase Licensing Rights

Summary

• Official proposed phasing out aid for Rohingya, Lebanon -email
• Email cites 'odd dependency' on US aid, says 'nothing is owed'
• Rubio has issued waiver for life-saving assistance

Sri Lanka rescues 102 likely Rohingya refugees from stricken fishing trawler

INDEPENDENT
Shweta Sharma
Friday 20 December 2024 

 Wooden vessel with 25 children and 30 women on board ran out of food and water

A fishing trawler believed to be carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar rescued by Sri Lankan army (Screengrab/ @lankafiles)

Sri Lanka’s navy says it has rescued 102 people who are believed to be Rohingya refugees from a fishing trawler which was adrift in the Indian Ocean for days.

A Lifetime in Detention: Rohingya Refugees in India

Refugees International
By Daniel P. Sullivan , Priyali Sur , Ankita Dan |
December 16, 2024

The Rohingya people of Myanmar are the world’s largest stateless population, estimated at some 2.8 million people. Denied citizenship and subject to decades of persecution by the military authorities in their home country, most of the Rohingya population was forced by genocidal violence to flee and is now spread across several countries. While the conditions of Rohingya refugees in countries like Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia are widely documented, less attention is given to the approximately 22,500 Rohingya refugees registered with the UN Refugees Agency (UNHCR) who have fled to India. Even less attention is given to the hundreds of Rohingya who are arbitrarily and indefinitely detained in India and the fact that the broader population remains in constant risk of detention or even deportation back to Myanmar themselves.

After Omar, Farooq advocates humanitarian approach for Rohingya Refugees

NEWS VIBES OF INDIA
NVI Correspondent
December 10, 2024

File photo: National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah

 

Srinagar, Dec 10(NVI): National Conference President Farooq Abdullah today reignited debate on the plight of Rohingya refugees in Jammu and Kashmir, advocating a humanitarian approach to their treatment.

Bangladesh's interim leader seeks Malaysia's support for repatriation of Rohingya refugees

The Washinton Post
By Julhas Alam | AP
October 4, 2024

This photo provided by by Bangladesh Press Information Department shows Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, being welcomed with a bouquet of flowers by Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, as he arrives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP) (Uncredited/Bangladesh Press Information Department)

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s interim leader, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus , on Friday sought Malaysia’s help in engaging a regional Southeast Asia bloc on raising the issue of repatriating Rohingya refugees home to Myanmar.

Rohingya refugees bring emergency aid to Bangladesh flood victims

ARAB NEWS
SHEHAB SUMON
August 31, 2024

Rohingya volunteers distribute aid among flood victims in Hasanpur, southeastern Bangladesh on Aug. 31, 2024. (Yassin Abdumonab)

• Flash flooding hit eastern Bangladesh, killing at least 59 people and affecting 5.5 million
• Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar bring food, medicine to thousands of affected families

Dhaka: Rohingya refugees organized on Saturday emergency aid for their host community in Bangladesh, as the worst floods in three decades swept the country’s eastern regions.

The ‘impossible’ life of Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees

Aljazeera
By Aisyah Llewellyn
Published On 20 Jun 2024

The first group of Rohingya refugees was found off Aceh in June 2020 [Antara Foto/Rahmad via Reuters]

Aceh and Medan, Indonesia - Gura Amin spends 12 hours a day, six days a week packing boxes in a Malaysian factory.

The 22-year-old Rohingya refugee makes about 2,400 Malaysian ringgit ($510) a month, which he uses for his daily expenses and to pay off a 10,000 Malaysian ringgit ($2,123) debt to the people who brought him across the sea from Indonesia.

On Bhasan Char, Rohingya refugees observe Eid without family festivities

ARAB NEWS
SHEHAB SUMON
June 16, 2024

A Rohingya refugee woman carries her child as she walks through a market in Bhasan Char on June 16, 2024. (AN Photo)

• More than 35,000 Rohingya have been relocated to Bhasan Char since end of 2020
• It is illegal for refugees to leave the remote Bangladeshi island

DHAKA: Sebon Bahar’s fondest memories of Eid Al-Adha are the hug she would share with her mother to celebrate the occasion, an experience that has grown distant now that she is living on a remote Bangladeshi island.

Rohingya mark Eid in Indonesia limbo after treacherous sea voyage

M today
Published April 13, 2024 

Rohingya refugees take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at a temporary shelter in Meulaboh, Indonesia's Aceh province on April 10, 2024.

 

MEUABOH (INDONESIA) — At a damaged temporary shelter in western Indonesia, Rohingya men slick their hair with gel while women apply make-up and colourful hijabs to look the part for prayers at the start of Eid-al-Fitr festivities.

Four Indonesians arrested over Rohingya refugees smuggling

ARAB NEWS
AFP
02 April 2024

Four Indonesian suspects in connection with the smuggling of Rohingya refugees are seen during a press conference at the West Aceh Police Station in Meulaboh, West Aceh, on April 2, 2024. (AFP)

• One of the suspects said that he received five million rupiah ($314) per refugee from an agent in Malaysia 

 

MEULABOH: Four Indonesians have been arrested in connection with the smuggling of dozens of Rohingya refugees whose boat capsized in waters off the archipelago’s westernmost coast last month, police said Tuesday.

Bangladesh hosts 1 Million Rohingya refugees

THE DIPLORMATIC INSIGHT
By Maham Hassan
Dhaka, 15 March 2024

The country of Bangladesh has hosted temporarily 1 million Rohingya Refugees/Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) from Myanmar.

These events have taken place since the Rohingya refugees were compelled to flee to Bangladesh after the eruption of conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August 2017.

Türkiye's TIKA to serve iftar to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

DAILY SABAR
by Daily Sabah with AA
ISTANBUL Mar 14, 2024

Staff of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) provide food as part of the iftar program for refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 13, 2024. (AA Photo)

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) will distribute hot meals for iftar throughout the holy month of Ramadan in the camps in Cox's Bazar, where Rohingya Muslim refugees are housed in Bangladesh.

UK provides £5.2 million additional humanitarian support to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

GOV.UK
British High Commission Dhaka
14 March 2024

The UK is providing an additional £5.2 million (73.2 crore taka) of humanitarian support to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The UK announced this at the launch of the 2024 humanitarian appeal for the Rohingya response in Bangladesh, the Joint Response Plan, in Geneva.

Implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and UN Refugee Agency (UNCHR), this new package of UK assistance will provide food and cooking gas to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar. 

NEPAL: Students visit Rohingya refugees

MISSIOMnewswire
February 27, 2024 

Refugees also receive support from Nepal Don Bosco Society

(MissionNewswire) A group of 5th-grade students from Nepal Don Bosco School, located in Siddhipur, Nepal, visited the settlement for Rohingya refugees in the District of Lalitpur, a neighboring district of Kathmandu. Students were accompanied by their class teacher and the principal Father Binu Jacob.

How Rohingya refugees are digitally reclaiming their culture

TRT WORLD
Tarushi Aswani
Feb 13, 2024,

An Istanbul-based youth or a refugee at a Bangladesh camp…Many people are striving to preserve the Rohingya way of life, which is under threat of being wiped out amid persecution in their ancestral land in Myanmar.

Others ,For nearly 3 million Rohingya in exile, creative initiatives give them hope and solace as they dream of returning to their homeland one day and living in peace as a community. / Photo: Zita Tv

Sufaira Begum, 15, is among an estimated one million Rohingya Muslims who call the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox's Bazar their home.

Rohingya refugees move court over ‘hate campaigns’ on Facebook, flag high risk in poll year

The Hindu
Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
January 29, 2024

The petition was filed by Mohammad Hamim and Kawsar Mohammed, residing in the national capital for the past two to five years, seeking protection of the right to life of the members of their community in Delhi and other parts of the country.

A Rohingya refugee camp in Kalindi Kunj, New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Soibam Rocky Singh 

 

A recent public interest litigation (PIL) plea filed by two Rohingya refugees before the Delhi High Court has flagged “hate campaigns” on the social media platform, Facebook, referring to members of the community as “terrorists” and “infiltrators”, and exaggerating the number of Rohingya who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar and sought refuge in India.

Alarm bells sound for Kelantan folk as Rohingya refugees flood Ketereh

NEW STRAITSTIMES
By Syaherah Mustafa -
January 22, 2024

Thousands of Rohingya United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cardholders have flooded remote villages in the Melor subdistrict of Ketereh, causing unease among the locals. - NSTP/ NIK ABDULLAH NIK OMAR

 

KOTA BARU: Thousands of Rohingya United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cardholders have flooded remote villages in the Melor subdistrict of Ketereh, causing unease among the locals.

Rohingya refugees file legal petition against Meta, alleging inaction on hateful content

digwatch
22 Jan 2024

The petition seeks the suspension of hate-spreading accounts and transparency in content moderation, with the case scheduled for later this month. 

Two Rohingya refugees, Mohammad Hamim and Kawsar Mohammed, have approached the Delhi High Court, seeking legal action against social media giant Meta. The petitioners, who fled persecution in Myanmar and arrived in India in 2018 and 2022, allege that Meta’s algorithms promote hate speech and violence against the Rohingya community, posing a threat to their lives.

Rohingya Refugees and the Shifting Tide in Indonesia

THE I DIPLOMAT
By HuiYin Chuah and Jennifer Vallentine
January 23, 2024

Aceh’s growing hostility toward Rohingya arrivals proves that international, regional, and federal support is essential for sustainable community-driven responses.

Protesters burn tires during a protest rejecting Rohingya refugees in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Reza Saifullah

In the span of a month between mid-November and mid-December of 2023, nine boats carrying 1,543 Rohingya disembarked in Aceh, Indonesia. It was the largest number of arrivals since the so-called 2015 Andaman Sea Crisis.

Debate: Rohingya Refugees - 16th Jan 2024

Parallel Parliament

Rohingya Refugees
Tuesday 16th January 2024

Lords Chamber 

 

The Lord Bishop of St Albans - Hansard - - - Excerpts


To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs what steps he is taking to address the Rohingya Refugee crisis.