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Myanmar on Monday jailed a Rohingya woman for a year for trying to travel to the commercial capital Yangon from her internally displaced persons camp in the western state of Rakhine without proper documents, officials and her sister said. Myanmar denies the Muslim Rohingya citizenship, and also prevents them from...

Recently inked deal on repatriation of Rohingya did not involve refugee representative, groups say Rohingya organizations worldwide criticized on Sunday a new agreement signed between Myanmar and the UN on repatriation of Rohingya refugees, saying it did not touch the root causes of the crisis. “We are deeply concerned that the...

    Stateless Rohingya must be recognized as citizens of Myanmar and given identity documents so they can safely stay in the country instead of fleeing abroad like hundreds of thousands of members of their community, an award-winning lawyer said on Sunday. Kyaw Hla Aung, a Rohingya lawyer from Myanmar who was...

Bangladesh refugee camp man walks across a platform   Nestled deep within the Hakimpara camp, perched on the edge of a hill, is a cluster of homes belonging to more than a dozen Rohingya women. They arrived here last September, making the arduous, weeks-long journeys — by foot and then by...

Refugees International (RI) notes the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Development Program with the Government of Myanmar which would allow the return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. However, RI is deeply concerned that continued impunity, restricted access to...

Centre directed states to record their personal particulars, including biometric details, and not issue them Aadhaar or any other ID The meticulous preparation of their personal particulars has been sought so that these details can eventually be shared with Myanmar for likely repatriation NEW DELHI: The Centre has asked Jammu &...

RAKHINE: Myanmar has said it is ready to take back all Rohingya refugees who fled to neighbouring Bangladesh if they wish to returned voluntarily, Reuters reported. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled mainly Buddhist Myanmar after a violent army crackdown began last August in the western state of Rakhine, a process that...

Refugees in Bangladesh who fled violence at hands of the military express concerns over details of the plan Hannah Ellis-Petersen South-east Asia correspondent Rohingya children receive food from the Turkish aid agency in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Rohingya children receive food from the Turkish aid agency in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photograph: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/ZUMA...

Muslim minority distrustful of government’s promises of reintegration Nearly 700,000 Rohingya people fled Myanmar last year for neighbouring Bangladesh © AFP Immigration officials stand ready at a newly built refugee reception centre, waiting to conduct airport-style body scans and document checks on Rohingya Muslims returning from Bangladesh to Myanmar. Ko Ko Thaw,...

Bangladesh must respond to the International Criminal Court (ICC) along with all the information it has on circumstances surrounding the presence of the Rohingya on its territory, said 41 rights activists and academics yesterday. “It is our considered view that Bangladesh, as a state party to the Rome Statute, and...

As many as 215 people lived in the shanties. “All our belongings are gone. All that is left are the clothes we are wearing,” said a resident. A Rohingya refugee camp in Haryana’s Nuh district was gutted Sunday afternoon, after a major fire broke out in the area. Although no...

Fields sit idle in areas where the ethnic minority once lived A burned out Rohingya district in the village of Inn Din, in Rakhine State (Photo by Yuichi Nitta) MAUNGDAW, Myanmar -- Violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority has created a refugee crisis that has left a severe labor shortage in...