Stateless Rohingyas pin hope on PM Manmohan’s visit

Gautam Debroy, New Delhi (May 26): When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be reaching Naypyidaw on Sunday for a three-day official visit, majority of Rohingya refugees living in India, with a good number of their presence in Northeastern states, will be hoping for an...

Delhi plays reluctant host to Myanmar’s nowhere people

NEW DELHI: Hands clasped behind his back, Nazeer Ahmad stands stiff. He’s in a lungi, kurta and skullcap at the edge of a huddle of men speaking to a reporter in the shade of a barely-there tin sheet propped up on bamboo stilts. Listless as he stands on a dusty,...
Rohingya ‘camping out’ at UNHCR office

Rohingya ‘camping out’ at UNHCR office

(Mizzima) – Hundreds Rohingya men, women and children from Burma are living virtually on the doorstep of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at Vasant Vihar, India, seeking refugee status. A Rohingya child lives in harsh conditions at the...