Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus could be an asset in leveraging his star power and connections to the donor community to get Western governments to consider hosting refugees, says an expert on South Asian affairs. "Yunus has an opportunity this month: He is expected to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly
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Prof Yunus can charm Western govts to consider hosting Rohingya refugees: Kugelman
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus could be an asset in leveraging his star power and connections to the donor community to get Western governments to consider hosting refugees, says an expert on South Asian affairs. "Yunus has an opportunity this month: He is expected to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly
Rohingya refugees must not be forgotten
Seven years ago, a brutal campaign of violence, rape and terror against the Rohingya people ignited in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Villages were burned to the ground, families were murdered, massive human rights violations were reported, and around 700,000 people – half of them children – fled their homes to seek
IOM prepares Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar
Nearly a million Rohingya refugees in the Cox's Bazar camps are bracing for Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit the region by Sunday (May 14). To help the refugees and local host communities, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is strengthening camp infrastructure, preparing for medical emergencies, and supporting volunteers
UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees
The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement. About 730,000 Rohingya, a persecuted mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, fled to Bangladesh
Myanmar arrests 112 Rohingya while travelling to Malaysia
Myanmar authorities have arrested more than 110 Rohingya, including children, for travelling "without official documents" as they tried to make their way to Malaysia, state media reported on Friday. A total of 112 people, including a dozen children, were arrested in the south-eastern township of Bogale, according to the Global New
ASEAN ministers ‘even more determined’ to solve Myanmar crisis
Southeast Asian foreign ministers said they were "even more determined" to solve the political crisis in Myanmar during talks in Indonesia on Thursday ahead of the ASEAN leaders' summit in November. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military coup in February last year, but despite its expressions of concern, efforts
Venice photo exhibition by 20 Rohingya refugees
The prestigious Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host a 14-day exhibition by Rohingya refugees entitled ‘Hostile Environment: the lives of Rohingya” from 18 to 31 October, 2022, a press release said Monday. The photo exhibition will display photos by 20 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and India. The exhibition was inaugurated on
Rohingyas must go back to their own country: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is not in a position to take any more people from Myanmar emphasizing on repatriation of the Rohingyas who took shelter temporarily in Bangladesh to their own country. In an interview with the Bengali service of Voice of America (VoA) aired on Tuesday, she
No solution to Rohingya issue without repatriation
Repatriation of the Rohingya refugees has become essential to finding a permanent resolution of the issue, speakers said at a webinar on Friday. The virtual seminar, titled 'Rohingya Problem: Possibility of Repatriation", was organized by the permanent mission of Bangladesh in Geneva in association with Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), marking the