By Francis Wade Two stark choices now face the Muslim population in western Burma: the first is that they take to the high seas on over-packed boats bereft of navigational equipment and adequate supplies to last them the journey to Malaysia, or Australia, or wherever...
UN rights envoy arrives in Rakhine Authorities in Rakhine state have extended a night-time curfew in Muslim minority Rohingya areas, citing ongoing safety concerns after sectarian violence erupted in June and October last year. Residents of Maungdaw, one of three...
(Reuters) – Myanmar nationals rescued from a sinking ship by the Sri Lankan Navy have told of throwing 98 people overboard after they died of starvation and dehydration, Sri Lanka’s police said on Monday. Sailors rescued 31 adult males and a boy on...
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison PHUKET: Two boys have absconded from a welfare centre for Rohingya women and children north of Phuket, bringing to four the number who have vanished without trace. Four people at the centre are also being treated for malaria,...
Bangkok – 14 February 2013 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) this week began delivering footballs and other play and recreation supplies to eight Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) shelters caring for Rohingya children in southern...
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s navy on Saturday rescued 38 Myanmar nationals who were drifting off the island’s east coast, the second batch of Rohingya boat people to be saved in as many weeks, officials said. Sri Lankan naval craft responding to a distress...
