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Myanmar: Thousands flee in Rakhine state in expectation of military operation
Rakhine state government has instructed village administrators in Rathedaung township to tell residents to stay away from their homes due to military plans to conduct a ‘clearance operation’ against the rebel
2 min read30 Jun 2020SC agrees to hear ‘substantial question’ on refugee status for Rohingyas
Two Rohingya men approach SC against the Centre’s proposed plan to deport 40,000 members of the community to the land of their origin--MyanmarThousands of Rohingya Muslims have been fleeing the Rakhine State on Myanmar’s western coast for years, often caught between the military and Rohingya insurgents
1 min read9 Jul 2019India says not linked to any movement of Rakhine people
India is providing food and shelter to 31 people from Myanmar’s Rakhine along Bangladesh borderA media report has said BSF had handed over 31 Rohingya Muslims, stranded on the India-Bangladesh border, to the Tripura Police
1 min read22 Jan 2019One family, four countries - the dispossession of the Rohingya
Rohingya refugee Robi Alam hasn't seen his seven brothers for years, all of them scattered around the world by violence in Myanmar. Nearly six years on, the eight brothers are now split across four countries: Bangladesh, India, the United States and Myanmar. When the brothers were last united, in 2012, there were around 1.2 million Rohingya living in Rakhine state. Now fewer than a third remain. Myanmar, which denies the Rohingya citizenship, drove most of the minority out in October 2016 and August 2017 in army-led crackdowns that the United Nations has said may amount to ethnic cleansing
26 May 2018Hindu refugees eagerly await return to Myanmar
Bangladesh wants the more than 655,000 Rohingya refugees who have flooded into the country since late August to start returning to Myanmar by the end of this month
3 min read9 Jan 2018Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army , an insurgent group, has said that they have no option but to fight the Myanmar Army for the violence meted out to the Rohingya Muslim community
2 min read9 Jan 2018India pledges $25 million for Rohingyas to help refugees return
India will spend $25 million over the next five years on development of the impoverished region, says foreign ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar
1 min read21 Dec 2017Rohingya crisis: India, Myanmar sign pact for socio-economic development of Rakhine State
The MoU is intended to help the Myanmar achieve its objective of restoration of normalcy in Rakhine State and enable the return of displaced Muslim Rohingyas
3 min read21 Dec 2017Supreme Court to hear pleas on Rohingya deportation in January
The Supreme Court said it would hear on 31 January a batch of pleas, including that of two refugees who have approached it against the centre's decision to deport the Rohingya to Myanmar
2 min read5 Dec 2017Myanmar, Bangladesh to implement plan to end Rohingya crisis: China
China says Bangladesh and Myanmar have accepted have accepted Beijing's mediatory role and agreed to implement a three-phased solution proposed by its foreign minister Wang Yi to resolve the Rohingya crisis
2 min read20 Nov 2017Popular Topics
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