Apr 8, 2019 | Bangladesh, News / Article, Refugee
Dhaka, Apr 7 (UNI) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the international community, including the United Kingdom (UK), to keep strong mounting pressure on Myanmar to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas. She made the appeal while...
Apr 8, 2019 | Boat People, Malaysia, Report
A report based on a multi-year independent investigation had been released by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), and human rights advocacy group Fortify Rights on Wednesday, March 20. The 121-page report, titled ‘Sold Like Fish’ focuses on the human...
Apr 5, 2019 | Bangladesh, Boat People
No smuggler could be arrested in the drive on Kachchhapia Dhala area under Hoaikyong union around 8pm on Friday following a tip-off, Teknaf Police Station OC Pradip Kumar Das said. The detained Rohingyas include 50 men, 39 women and 26...
Apr 5, 2019 | Bangladesh, Boat People, Malaysia, Refugee, Thailand
In January 2015, Malaysian police officers were patrolling a remote stretch of the Thailand-Malaysia border when they made a startling discovery: a cluster of makeshift cages, draped in tarp and fenced in with barbed wire, with dozens of people trapped inside. It was...
Mar 15, 2019 | Bangladesh, Refugee, Report, Reports
Source: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/68476 Photo Copy rights: John Owens (VOA) – Source Source article
Mar 3, 2019 | Malaysia, Refugee
More than 30 Muslim Rohingya women and children were found stranded along a beach in Malaysia’s northern most state early Friday, and are believed to have been dropped off by human traffickers, authorities said. A police official in Kangar, the capital of...