Feb 14, 2013 | Refugee
Rohingya illegal immigrants in temporary shelters face a rough time in the near future, forced to deal with psychological and physical challenges as isolated women and teenagers receive little or no information about their husbands and sons. Communications is the most...
Feb 12, 2013 | Refugee
By Bill O’Toole An estimated 1400 Rohingya refugees in southern Thailand face an uncertain future, as the Thai government mulls a change in its policy towards the boatloads of refugees from western Myanmar that have been arriving on the country’s shores. Thailand has...
Feb 12, 2013 | Refugee
By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian PHUKET: Concern is growing about the large number of Rohingya boatpeople being held in a crowded detention centre north of Phuket. A total of 295 men and boys are still being held at the Phang Nga Immigration Centre, a...
Feb 10, 2013 | Refugee
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Four Rohingya minor children from one family of Rohingya community were slaughtered and one Rakhine was killed and three wounded by unknown miscreants in Maungdaw north yesterday night, said a village admin office member who denied to be...
Feb 10, 2013 | Refugee
By Devex EditorEDITOR’S NOTE: There needs to be a coordinated response to the plight of the Rohingya people, many of which have been driven out western Burma by government forces lately. Wealthier Muslim countries should step up, writes Joshua Kurlantzick, fellow for...
Feb 9, 2013 | Refugee
(Reuters) – Nearly 6,000 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Thailand since October, when sectarian violence flared in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state and displaced tens of thousands of people, a top Thai security agency said on Thursday Entire communities of...
