DHAKA: Bangladesh has doubts over the US’s pledge to increase Rohingya resettlement, Foreign Minister Dr. Abdul Momen said, adding that repatriation of the persecuted minority group remains a priority for Dhaka. The South Asian nation has sheltered about 1.2 million Rohingya refugees for the past six
JAKARTA: About one hundred Rohingya landed in Indonesia's Aceh province on Tuesday, the chief of a local fishing community said, the latest batch of people to have fled Myanmar by boat this year. Many Rohingya have for years attempted in rickety wooden boats to reach neighbouring
Rakhine: Hundreds of people, including Rohingya Muslims, were feared dead after a cyclone struck Myanmar at the weekend, residents and aid groups said, with rescue efforts hampered by damage to infrastructure. Myanmar's impoverished Rakhine State bore the brunt of Cyclone Mocha, during which winds of up
Dhaka: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on Saturday they would not return to Myanmar to "be confined in camps" after making a visit to the country as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation. Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims are living in camps in the
Dhaka: Anwara Begum used to find herself busy with preparations in the days leading up to Ramadan, when it had meant stocking up on chickpeas and noodles, and making plans to distribute food for orphans and the elderly in her village in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. For
Dhaka: The UN’s decision to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh would have catastrophic consequences, experts warned, as the World Food Program plans to reduce rations from next month. Bangladesh hosts more than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom escaped deadly violence and
Jakarta: A boat carrying about 50 Rohingya Muslims arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, a local official said, the latest in a wave of landings as hundreds flee desperate conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps. Miftah Cut Ade, a senior member of the area's traditional fishing
Dhaka: Fading hopes for a future and the desire to be reunited with family are pushing increasing numbers of Rohingya to flee overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh and make perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea. Bangladesh hosts more than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom
Aceh, Indonesia: Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives. The 19-year-old was among 174 surviving Rohingya people in the
Mumbai: At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have died of thirst, hunger or drowned.