Myanmar

Myanmar starts harvesting farmland abandoned by Rohingya Muslims

Oct 28, 2017 17:24

The government in Myanmar has embarked on harvesting rice from farmland abandoned by the Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled the military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine to neighboring Bangladesh.
Bangladesh mulls sterilization to curb Rohingya population

Oct 28, 2017 12:40

Bangladeshi health officials seek to launch sterilization programs to curb the number of Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled the military crackdown at home in Myanmar and taken refuge in overcrowded border camps in Bangladesh.
Myanmar, Bangladesh agree to stop ‘outflow’ of Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh

Oct 25, 2017 08:59

Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to immediately halt the “outflow” of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh and take steps to return them to Myanmar, where the Muslims have been fleeing from because of government-sanctioned violence in the first place.
UN opens key fundraising conference for Rohingya refugees

Oct 23, 2017 17:57

The United Nations has opened a major fundraising conference aimed at securing aid for nearly one million persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh.
Rohingya children refugees face hell on earth in Bangladesh camps: UNICEF

Oct 20, 2017 09:08

The United Nations children’s agency has warned of the dire conditions of Myanmarese refugee children in overcrowded and squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Tillerson blames ‘Myanmar military’ over Rohingya

Oct 19, 2017 13:51

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said Washington holds Myanmar’s military leadership responsible for a harsh crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims but stopped short of saying whether Washington would take any action to address the issue.
Dozens of Rohingya drowned en route to Bangladesh, 12,000 more flee

Oct 16, 2017 09:29

At least 12 Rohignya Muslims, including six children, have been killed in yet another boat tragedy in waters off Bangladesh, which is reportedly dealing with a fresh influx of refugees fleeing Myanmar’s violence-torn Rakhine State.
About 14,000 orphans among Rohingya refugees: Bangladesh

Oct 15, 2017 20:13

A new influx of Rohingya refugees that hit Bangladesh contains around 14,000 orphans, authorities say, as new details emerge of a brutal crackdown in neighboring Myanmar which forced over half a million Rohingya Muslims to flee their homes.
Bangladesh beefs up border security amid Rohingya concerns

Oct 15, 2017 17:59

Bangladesh has stepped up security along its western border with India amid concerns that hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees could be pushed into its territory.
UNSC must press Myanmar on refugee return process: EX-UN chief

Oct 14, 2017 11:08

The former UN Chief, Kofi Annan, has called on the Security Council (UNSC) to press Myanmar to facilitate the return of over 500,000 Rohingya Muslims, who were forced out of their homeland into Bangladesh amid a government-backed military crackdown.