About 200 Rohingya Muslims who fled from the unfavorable conditions in camps in Myanmar and Bangladesh have arrived in Aceh province of Indonesia. Since November, 918 Rohingya have reached Indonesia. According to Indonesian local police, about 184 Rohingya have arrived in the eastern region of Aceh province, whose condition is said to be improving, including…
Bangladeshi investigators say last week’s fire at Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, was a deliberate act of sabotage. A fire in Bangladesh on March 5 displaced 15,000 Rohingya refugees, fortunately there were no casualties. A seven-member panel set up to investigate the fire incident in Bangladesh says militant groups set the fires to take…
A terrible fire broke out in a camp full of Rohingya Muslims on the Bangladesh border. Fire officials and the United Nations say thousands of people have been left homeless after a massive fire broke out in a refugee camp full of Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh. The fire broke out in Camp 11 in…
The development follows the UN World Food Programme (WFP)’s announcement that it would be cutting back on assistance to those sheltering in the vast Cox’s Bazar camp complex from 1 March because of a lack of funding. “These rations cuts are a stain on the conscience of the international community,” said Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. “I have…
The Human Rights Council-appointed experts called for donors worldwide to give generously to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Rohingya Refugee Response fund. “The planned rations reductions are the devastating consequence of the international community’s failure to provide funding for initiatives that address the fundamental needs of Rohingya refugees”, the two Special Rapporteurs said in a statement. “Rations…
Almost 3,300 arrived in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand last year, the UN agency said, a roughly 290 per cent rise over the 850 people recorded in 2021. IOM urged States in the region to work collectively to provide life-saving care and support to the refugees to prevent loss of life at sea during the migration journey….
