Feb 4, 2013 | Report
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — The task force drawn from various governmental departments to address the problems of the Burmawi community in Makkah and gather information about their number and conditions, has completed its work, according to a local daily. The task...
Feb 4, 2013 | Refugee
About 145 Rohingya boat people were found crammed inside a vessel without food or water for 48 hours off Mook island in Trang’s Sikao district on Sunday. The refugees told authorities that they were headed to Malaysia but their food and water had run out before...
Feb 4, 2013 | Refugee
At the root of the problem is the fact that Myanmar’s constitution and internal laws do not recognise the Rohingya as citizens, he said. Other groups in Myanmar don’t accept the Rohingya, who are based mainly in Rakhine and number about 800,000 in all, he...
Feb 3, 2013 | Thailand
The boat was sinking when it landed at Surin island off Thailand’s southwestern province of Phang Nga near the border with Myanmar on Wednesday, a local government official told AFP. “Among them there was a new-born baby, aged around a week up to 10 days...
Feb 3, 2013 | Thailand
BANGKOK, 31 January 2013 The Foreign Minister is set to lead a special delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to Thailand’s South for first-hand information on how the country has been handling the Rohingya migrants. The Lower House Committee on...
