At least 17 dead as boat carrying Rohingya sinks in Bay of Bengal
Reuters At least 17 Rohingya were killed and 30 remain missing after a boat capsized in bad weather in the Bay of Bengal earlier this week, aid workers in Myanmar said. An aerial view of Hla Phoe Khaung transit camp for Rohingya who decide to return back from Bangladesh, is seen in Maungdaw, Rakhine state, […]
Rohingya protest in Bangladesh, demand repatriation to Myanmar
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh protested on Thursday, demanding to be repatriated to Myanmar, so that they could leave the squalid camps they have lived in since fleeing a brutal military crackdown in their homeland in 2017. More than a million Rohingya have been crammed into the camps in southeastern […]
Cyclone-hit Myanmar, Bangladesh need $US375 million in aid – UN
Reuters The United Nations on Tuesday said it needed $US375 million in funding to get food, medicine and other relief supplies to millions of people affected by a cyclone that devastated parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh. Western Myanmar and provinces in neighbouring Bangladesh, where there is a large population of Rohingya Muslims and refugees, bore […]
Myanmar junta says 145 died in cyclone, NGOs fear higher toll
Reuters Myanmar’s military-controlled media said on Friday 145 people were killed when Cyclone Mocha hit the country this week, in stark contrast to reports from rights groups and residents who fear hundreds may have died. The impoverished western state of Rakhine bore the brunt of the storm that on Sunday tore down houses, communication towers […]
At least three killed as powerful storm batters Myanmar
Reuters At least three people were killed, 13 injured and more than 1,000 buildings were damaged when Cyclone Mocha pummelled western Myanmar, state-run media said on Monday. But refugee camps in south-east Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar escaped the worst of the storm, although many bamboo huts were damaged, residents of the region said. […]
Cyclone Mocha floods Myanmar port city, sparing major refugee camps
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of Bengal inundated the Myanmar port city of Sittwe on Saturday, but largely spared a densely-populated cluster of refugee camps in low-lying neighbouring Bangladesh. Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as […]
Rohingya say will not go home to Myanmar to be stuck in camps
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on the weekend that they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making their first return visit as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation. Nearly a million Rohingya Muslims live in squalid camps in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar. Some […]
Myanmar team in Bangladesh camps for Rohingya repatriation pilot project
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters A Myanmar delegation is visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for a pilot repatriation project, though a Bangladeshi official said it was unclear when they would be going home. Nearly one million Rohingya Muslim refugees are living in camps in the border district […]
Fire destroys homes Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters A big fire at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh destroyed homes and sent thick black clouds of smoke through the area on Sunday before being brought under control. The blaze erupted at Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a south-eastern border district where more than a million Rohingya refugees live. Most […]
UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees, citing fund shortfall
Bangkok, ThailandReuters The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement. About 730,000 Rohingya, a persecuted mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, fled to Bangladesh in 2017 […]