Derek Tonkin The article on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by Aijaz Zaka Syed was a thoughtful article. The problem of the Rohingyas is indeed historical, and the British are in large measure to blame for encouraging the uncontrolled migration of Indians — Hindus and...
Sheikh Shahariar Zaman ‘We used to allow Rohingya refugees to settle in Australia, but not anymore’ Australian High Commissioner to Dhaka Greg Wilcock said his country had ceased taking Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh under its third-country settlement...
Jim Pollard Nic Dunlop has spent two decades documenting the dictatorship in Myanmar. His latest book will test the country’s new “liberal” standardsIrish photographer and author Nic Dunlop – based in Thailand for more than 20 years – is...
IRIN BANGKOK, 26 July 2013 (IRIN) – Thousands of Rohingyas from Myanmar are fleeing persecution to countries elsewhere in the region, underscoring the need for a stronger regional solution, activists and experts say. “A coordinated and immediate regional...
BANGKOK, 25 July 2013 (IRIN) – A recent pilot survey of thousands of Burmese refugees in Thailand could play a key role in gauging possible large-scale repatriation. “The whole idea is to get a sense of refugee sentiment about their future beyond living in the...
July 23, 2013: The first ever holiday (Moslem holy month of Ramadan) truce in the Moslem south seems to be holding. But it’s often hard to tell because so much of the violence in the south turns out to be personal disputes or gangster related conflicts, not Islamic...
