Tag: refugees

UN to halve Rohingya food aid from April

- United News of Bangladesh -

The United Nations (UN) will slash monthly food aid for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char by more than half from April due to a funding crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) informed Bangladesh on Wednesday. Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) MizanurRahman said that WFP verbally communicated its

Japan grants $2.7mn to IOM for Rohingya refugees

- Times Report -

The Japanese government has decided to provide the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with USD 2.7 million in assistance for the Rohingyas and host communities in Cox’s Bazar. The aid is for the implementation of WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), disaster risk reduction, shelter upgrade, site management and site development and

5 Boats Packed With Refugees approach Indonesia’s shores

- Times Report -

Indonesian authorities detected at least five boats packed tight with refugees approaching shores of Aceh province, officials said Thursday. The boats are the latest in a surge of vessels that have arrived in Aceh, most carrying Rohingya refugees from southern Bangladesh, where the persecuted Muslim minority fled in 2017 following attacks

UN urges more int’l focus on Rohingya refugees

- Times Report -

The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday urged the international community to keep focus on the plight of the Rohingya refugees amid a funding crunch and the lack of long-term solution for their safe return to Myanmar. Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims fled a military-led crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017

Boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees vanished

- United News of Bangladesh -

Frantic phone call helped untangle mystery The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman's height when her panicked voice crackled over the phone. "Our boat has sunk!" Setera Begum shouted, as a storm threatened to spill her and around 180 others into the inky black sea south of

New program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in US

- Associated Press -

Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program being launched by the State Department as a way to give private citizens a role in resettling the thousands of refugees who arrive every year. The State Department plans to announce the program,

Sheltering Rohingyas: When benevolence becomes burden

- Subrata Kumar Roy -

The month of August in 2017 was the cruelest for the Rohingya diaspora as they fled the Rakhine state in Myanmar to Bangladesh for safety following a major crackdown by the Myanmar Army on the ethnic religious minority. The Rohingyas crossed the Naf River that divides Bangladesh and Myanmar with

Take cover, warns IMF, because it’s going to get bad

- Helen Murphy, Devex -

Another day, another barrage of bleakness at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings. Sadly, it’s not unfounded. Economists, central bankers, and government officials paint a grim picture of what’s expected in the coming year. We’re on the ground and will bring you the gory details.  Also in today’s edition: Larry

Refugees most vulnerable in ongoing food insecurity crisis: UN

- Juliet Morrison, IPS -

Representatives from UN agencies and several countries called for more substantive action to support refugees and internally displaced people amid the ongoing global food crisis. Co-hosted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, a panel discussion held