Thai Officers Investigated in Rohingya Trafficking

By THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press
 A colonel and another high-ranking Thai army officer have been temporarily removed from their posts while they are investigated for suspected involvement in trafficking refugees from Myanmar’s Rohingya ethnic minority to a third country, the senior commander for southern Thailand said Tuesday.

More than 800 beleaguered Rohingya were found in raids in Thailand’s southern border province of Songkhla this month after they fled sectarian violence in western Myanmar that has killed hundreds of people and displaced some 100,000 more since June.

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Desperation drives more Rohingya onto smugglers’ boats

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, January 22 (UNHCR) – They sail in search of safety, education, a better life, a future. But many die along the way. Those who survive face the prospect of detention, bonded labour or furtive lives as undocumented workers in an alien country. In 2012, an estimated 13,000 people – among them the Rohingya from western Myanmar as well as Bangladeshi nationals – left the Bay of Bengal on smugglers’ boats.

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KSA gives $ 1.88 m for Rohingya resettlement

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced a contribution of $ 1.88 million toward UNHCR’s humanitarian program in Myanmar providing shelter to Rohingyas in Rakhine state.
A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by Yousef Al-Bassam of the Saudi Fund for Development and Imran Riza, UNHCR’s regional representative in Riyadh.

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End hypocrisy over Rohingya

When nearly 850 Rohingya boat people were rescued from their secret shelters in Songkhla’s Sadao district this week, the government finally did the right thing by providing them with humanitarian care and allowing them to have access to international assistance.

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Rohingyas receive Iran’s humanitarian aid

Iran's first shipment of humanitarian aid was delivered to Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims in the state of Rakhine. According to IRIB, the Iranian consignment containing foodstuff, blankets, tents, and some other items were dispatched to Myanmar's refugee camps in Rakhine...

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Arakan Magazine – Issue Q4/2025
Arakan Magazine – Issue Q4/2025

In This Issue: 

  1. Editorial: Rohingyas are in a geopolitical crossroad: Global Powers and Competing Interests
  2. Rohingya Resilience in Exile: Rebuilding Lives in Refugee Camps
  3. Containing Arakan Army: A Security Imperative for Myanmar and Bangladesh
  4. Ending Digital Violence against Women and Girls
  5. Myanmar’s Election: Conflict, Exclusion, and a Crisis of Legitimacy
  6. Rohingya Families in Maungdaw Prepare to Flee Amid Forced Conscription Fears
  7. Arakan Army Orders Rohingya to Surrender Household Registration Lists
  8. Fire Tears Through Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Injuring Three Children and Destroying Dozens of Shelters
  9. Rohingya Men and Women Forced to Join Armed Group in Maungdaw
  10. ARNO Welcomes UN Third Committee Resolution on Rohingya Rights, Demands Accountability for Armed-Group Abuses

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