The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has cut food vouchers for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar to just $8, or less than 9 cents per meal, just weeks after thousands of refugees lost their homes to Cyclone Mocha, putting another blow to them.
Rescuers early Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters deep along western Myanmar's coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications.
Thai officials under scrutiny after 59 Rohingya found on remote island
MONDAY, JUNE 06, 2022
The National Security Council (NSC) said on Monday that an investigation will be launched to see if any Thai officials had a hand in the trafficking of 59 Rohingya people found on a remote island in Satun province.
'Don’t forget Rohingyas while focussing on Ukraine'
MONDAY, MAY 23, 2022
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, has said they must not forget other difficult situations in the world including the Rohingya crisis that need its attention and resources while focussing on the "catastrophic emergency" in Ukraine.
The illegal entry of Rohingyas into Bangladesh from India over the past three weeks has triggered a fresh concern as the new inflow will create an additional burden for the country already hosting one million of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.
Foreign minister’s New York Visit: Dhaka to press for early repatriation of Rohingyas
SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021
Bangladesh will reiterate its position, seeking quick and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas, as Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen leaves for New York this morning (Sunday) to attend two important events at the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
Pope to visit Myanmar as anti-Rohingya hatred seethes
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017
Yangon - Pope Francis will push for peace during his visit to mainly-Buddhist Myanmar, a church official said Thursday, a trip that plunges the pontiff into the centre of a simmering religious conflict which has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya.