The Awami League leaders on Monday requested Russia, China and India to play an even more robust role in ensuring a swift solution to the Rohingya crisis and the safe and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homeland in Rakhine…
Category: Migration
Protecting climate-change refugees
Kumi Naidoo Not since 1951 has the international community produced a treaty to protect the legal status of the world’s refugees. Now, two agreements are currently under discussion at the United Nations, and each offers a rare opportunity to protect…
Citizenship issue boils up in Assam
By Nava Thakuria Assam, if not the Barak valley, is definitely burning. At least, if someone follows the media reporting and related contents, it’s convincing that the Brahmaputra valley of the Northeastern State has been witnessing an uproarious situation for…
Rohingya children world’s responsibility: Priyanka
Dhaka, May 24 – Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra on Thursday called the world’s attention to Rohingya children living in vulnerable condition at refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
Myanmar given deadline to report on rape of Rohingya to UN
Committee Seeks Information on Rakhine State Atrocities against Women, Girls Yangon – Myanmar should comply with a United Nations committee’s request for information on the military’s responsibility for widespread rape of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine State, Human…
Trump’s Racist Language Serves Abusive Immigration Policies
Presidential words matter – especially in a White House statement. So US President Donald Trump’s description of immigrants (he later specified that he meant MS-13 gang-members) as “animals” raises red flags amongst those of us who remember what can happen…
Will climate change create more migrants than wars?
By Daniel Gutman Buenos Aires, May 17 (IPS) – Climate change is one of the main drivers of migration and will be increasingly so. It will even have a more significant role in the displacement of people than armed conflicts,…
Grass planting reduces soil erosion risks in Rohingya camps
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, May 18 (IOM) – Over two million vetiver grass plants have been distributed by IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in the past two weeks to reduce soil erosion and the risk of…
Myanmar for repatriation of 1101 verified Rohingyas
Myanmar has urged Bangladeshi to start the repatriation of 1101 verified Rohingyas out of 8,032 persons received from Bangladeshi amid a very slow verification process of Rohingyas. Myanmar also wants to take earlier verified 778 Muslims and 444 Hindus.
Burma assures BD of speeding up Rohingya repatriation move
Amid no visible progress over Rohingya repatriation, Myanmar on Thursday assured Bangladesh of accelerating verification process to start repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar.
60 babies born in Rohingya camps every day: Unicef
Conditions for pregnant women, survivors of sexual violence remain dire Dhaka, May 17 – More than 16,000 Rohingya babies were born in Rohingya camps and informal settlements in Cox’s Bazar in the nine months since Myanmar forced thousands of families…
UN urges Myanmar to punish perpetrators of Rohingya attacks
United Nations, May 10 (AP/UNB) — The U.N. Security Council urged Myanmar’s government on Wednesday to fulfil its commitment to hold perpetrators of violence against Rohingya Muslims accountable and to address the root causes that led about 700,000 members of…
Encourage Int’l Criminal Court prove Rohingya issue: HRW
The government of Bangladesh should encourage the International Criminal Court (ICC) to exercise its jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute the international crime of deportation of Rohingya Muslims, said Fortify Rights on Wednesday.
1mn Rohingyas being vaccinated against cholera
A massive cholera vaccination campaign began here on Sunday to protect nearly one million Rohingyas and their host communities living in and around the camps to prevent any potential outbreak during the ongoing monsoon season.
OIC foreign Ministers form ministerial body on Rohingya
The two-day 45th session of foreign ministers meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) concluded here today with a call for accountability for the atrocities and human rights violations in Rakhine state and to hold the perpetrators to account.
PM Hasina opens OIC Foreign Ministers’ confce
She renews call for maintaining international pressure on Myanmar Dhaka, May 5 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday appealed to the Muslim countries under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to firmly stand beside the forcibly deported Rohingyas to…
PM to open OIC-CFM Saturday; Rohingya issue in focus
The 45th Ssession of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM) begins here on Saturday with a special focus on Rohingya issue and other challenges facing the Muslim Ummah.
Some bloody immigrants think they should get all The Perks
According to the latest figures of Italy’s National Institute for Statistics (ISTAT), 184,638 non-EU citizens acquired Italian citizenship in 2016. Of these 5,799 were Brazilians, placing this nationality seventh in the ranking, behind Albanians (36,920), Moroccans (35,212), Indians (9,527), Bangladeshis…
BNP castigates govt over Rohingya issue
Describing the current government as a ‘spineless’ one, BNP on Wednesday said it will not be able to send Rohingyas back to their home in Myanmar.
U.N. could help Myanmar gather evidence of crimes against Rohingya: British envoy
Britain’s U.N. envoy on Tuesday suggested the U.N. Security Council could consider helping Myanmar collect evidence of crimes committed during a military crackdown of the Rohingya people, denounced by the world body as ethnic cleansing after most recent bout of…
Suu Kyi underscores Myanmar’s readiness to receive ‘verified’ Rohingyas
Myanmar’ State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi underscored Myanmar’s readiness to receive the verified Rohingyas and necessary cooperation of Bangladesh to expedite the repatriation process.
Myanmar army chief denies rape allegation of Rohingas
Myanmar military commander-in-chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing in a meeting with the UN Security Council delegates in the capital Naypyidaw claimed that no sexual abuse took place during the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
China, Russia, India, Japan; help resolve Rohingya issue:PM
Dhaka, Apr 30 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh expects China, Russia, India and Japan to play a major role in resolving the Rohingya crisis. “We expect China, Russia, India and Japan to play a major role…
UNSC to work sincerely for immediate Rohingya solution
Visiting high level UN Security Council (UNSC) team today observed that the Rohingya crisis came from Myanmar and vowed that they will work sincerely for a quick solution.They acknowledged that the Rohingya issue is a crisis of Myanmar and the…
UNSC team in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps
A high-profile delegation of the UN Security Council arrived here on Saturday afternoon to see the brutalities that the Rohingyas faced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and steps taken by the government of Bangladesh.
UNSC team arrives Saturday to visit Rohingya camps
A 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) team will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow to discuss Rohingya issue with the government and have a firsthand report on the plight of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.
Rohingyas face cyclone season under tarpulin
or 14 terrifying days, Nabil Alam, his wife and nine children trudged through the jungles of northern Myanmar to reach the border with Bangladesh. The entire way, Alam looked over his shoulder for soldiers or local militia groups armed with…
Keep up pressure on Myanmar from different levels: PM
Sydney (Australia), April 27 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday stressed the need for keeping up pressure on Myanmar from different levels in various ways for resolving the Rohingya crisis.
UNSC team due Apr 29; Dhaka to brief on Rohingya
Dhaka, April 22 – Bangladesh will describe the brutalities that the Rohingyas faced in Rakhine State and steps taken by the government here to the UN Security Council delegation, which is scheduled to arrive here on April 29.
Trudeau lauds Hasina over Rohingya issue
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday highly appreciated Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her outstanding leadership in handling the protracted Rohingya crisis.