Apr 19, 2009 | Rohingya Issues
by Khin Maung Lay Posted March 6, 2009 The Rohingya, a people previously unknown to many, were recently the focus of international media attention when two groups totaling around 1,000 people landed on the shores of Thailand. For years, mostly...
Aug 9, 2008 | Rohingya Issues
8/6/2008 Sittwe: As rice and other commodities have jumped in price in Arakan recently, the number of people begging for food has also increased in Sittwe and other areas of the state. A witness from Sittwe said, "Most beggars are old women and...
Jul 4, 2008 | Rohingya Issues
Udatta Bikash Bangladesh was born experiencing refugeehood. During our liberation war in 1971, an estimated 10 million people (one out of every seven of that time population) took refuge in neighbouring India. Bangladesh has been hosting thousands of Rohingya, a...
Jul 25, 2007 | Rohingya Issues
SIN OH ALEL HAMLET, Myanmar, 23 July (UNHCR) – It's been a good day for 19-year-old Noor Hakim. He's just secured a government identity document, vital for doing almost anything in a country focused on formal papers. "Now I can travel," said...
