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    Weather compounds Rohingya refugees’ woes

    10 Jul 2019

    With world attention remaining focused on other issues, the plight of Rohingya refugees remains largely ignored. Heavy flooding and landslides in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh have left thousands of children and families in an increasingly dire situation with critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed,

    UN says 2nd attempt to return Rohingya to Myanmar planned

    16 Aug 2019

    The UN refugee agency says Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago.

    Rohingya refugees protest exodus, demand rights in Myanmar

    25 Aug 2019

    The event came days after Bangladesh with the help of the UN refugee agency attempted to start the repatriation of 3,450 Rohingya Muslims but none agreed to go back voluntarily.

    'Miracle' Rohingya baby turns two on crackdown anniversary

    25 Aug 2019

    Shah's father Mohammad Selim said his son was a miracle child. "Allah saved my kid that night. All praise to Him," said Selim, an imam at a mosque at Balukhali refugee camp.

    Rohingya refuse to return, seek citizenship assurance

    21 Aug 2019

    Members of about 200 Rohingya Muslim families interviewed on Wednesday by officials from the UN refugee agency and the Bangladesh government all said they do not want to return to Myanmar unless their citizenship and safety are ensured, an official said.

    'Humanitarian pup' comes to the rescue of Rohingya refugees

    24 Aug 2019

    Now Foxtrot has his own Instagram account -- called "humanitarian_pup" -- with regular updates on his activities around the camps.

    Address fears of Rohingya before repatriation

    23 Aug 2019

    It is not surprising that none of the thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh turned up for a planned repatriation to Myanmar on Thursday. The horrific actions of violence and ethnic cleansing by Myanmar military have left the Rohingya Muslims horror-struck.

    Bangladesh police shoot dead two Rohingya in refugee camp

    24 Aug 2019

    Nearly a million Rohingya live in squalid camps in southeast Bangladesh, 740,000 of whom fled a 2017 military offensive against the Muslim minority in Myanmar.

    Create conditions for safe return of Rohingya

    17 Aug 2019

    The decision by Bangladesh and Myanmar to consider a fresh attempt soon to repatriate a few of the thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled a military crackdown two years ago is a step in the right direction.

    Action needed to end Rohingya suffering

    16 Sep 2019

    While world attention remains focussed on other major issues, the threat of genocide continues for an estimated 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still inside Myanmar and the international

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