Rohingya baby born in refugee boat near Phuket

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...

KSA gives $ 1.88 m for Rohingya resettlement

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced a contribution of $ 1.88 million toward UNHCR’s humanitarian program in Myanmar providing shelter to Rohingyas in Rakhine state. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by Yousef Al-Bassam of the Saudi Fund for...