The girl is among thousands of Rohingya who fled a crackdown led by the Myanmar army in 2017. (Archive) New Delhi: Officials stopped the deportation of a 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl to Myanmar in the last minute today, saying they had been unable to contact officials caught in the coup …
Read More »Bangladesh sends Rohingya refugees to remote island that emerged just 20 years ago despite outrage
Bangladeshi authorities sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island on Friday despite calls from human rights groups to halt the process. The 1,642 refugees boarded seven Bangladeshi navy ships at Chittagong port for the journey to Bhashan Char, according to an official who …
Read More »Bangladesh sends Rohingya to remote island despite protests | Myanmar
Refugees and aid workers say some of the refugees were forced to go to the flood-prone island of Bhashan Char. More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees set sail from Chittagong port in southern Bangladesh on Friday for the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, a naval official …
Read More »Put in writing that Bangladeshis and Rohingya must be evicted and see the government’s response: Amit Shah to Owaisi | India News
HYDERABAD: Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit shah on sunday i ask All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi put in writing that Bangladeshis and Rohingya they have to be evicted and then see the response from the central government. Addressing a press conference here, Shah said: …
Read More »UN human rights chief urges Bangladesh to accept Rohingya ships | News
[ad_1] A senior UN official urged Bangladesh to allow two stranded ships with Rohingya refugees on board to land amid growing fears about their fate. On Monday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, warned of a “human tragedy of dire proportions” unless steps are taken to …
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