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Rohingya in India accuse Modi of double standards on citizenship law | Rohingya News

March 27, 2024 mpsingh No Comments News accuse, Asia, citizenship, Double, India, Law, Modi, Narendra Modi, News, refugees, Rohingya, Standards

Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur ordered the deportation of Rohingya refugees. On that day, the state’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh – who belongs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – posted [...]read moreRohingya in India accuse Modi of double standards on citizenship law | Rohingya News

Conflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN | Human Trafficking News

Latest report comes amid a surge in mostly Muslim Rohingya making dangerous sea journeys in search of safety. Conflict, climate and the demand for low-paid labour in countries such as Thailand and Malaysia, with corruption as a “major enabler”, are driving the growth of the people smuggling trade in Southeast Asia, according to a new [...]read moreConflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN | Human Trafficking News

Bodies of three Rohingya found as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat | Rohingya News

March 24, 2024 mpsingh No Comments News Asia Pacific, Boat, Bodies, capsized, ends, Indonesia, Migration, News, refugees, rescue, Rohingya

Local authorities in Aceh province have received several reports about dead bodies floating in nearby waters since Saturday. The bodies of three Rohingya refugees have been found in open waters off Indonesia’s Aceh province, says the provincial search-and-rescue agency as authorities end a search for survivors from a capsized boat. The wooden boat with an [...]read moreBodies of three Rohingya found as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat | Rohingya News

How is renewed violence in Myanmar affecting the Rohingya? | Rohingya News

March 22, 2024 mpsingh No Comments News affecting, Asia Pacific, Crimes Against Humanity, military, Myanmar, News, Renewed, Rohingya, Sexual Assault, Violence

The Rohingya are yet again bearing the brunt of renewed fighting and military air strikes in Myanmar, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned this week. The latest wave of fighting by rebel groups who want to overturn the country’s 2021 military coup flared up in October last year. The military extended the country’s state of [...]read moreHow is renewed violence in Myanmar affecting the Rohingya? | Rohingya News

Photos: Desperate, dehydrated Rohingyas picked up in dramatic sea rescue | Rohingya News

March 21, 2024 mpsingh No Comments News Asia Pacific, dehydrated, Desperate, dramatic, Gallery, Indonesia, News, Photos, picked, refugees, rescue, Rohingya, Rohingyas, sea

As the skipper of an Indonesian search-and-rescue vessel scoured the sea early on Thursday, a dot appeared on the horizon – dozens of Rohingya refugees drifting on the rusty hull of their overturned ship poking out of the water. Against the ocean expanse were men, women and children trying to escape Bangladeshi camps filled with [...]read morePhotos: Desperate, dehydrated Rohingyas picked up in dramatic sea rescue | Rohingya News

Indonesia rescues Rohingya refugees from capsized boat | Newsfeed

March 21, 2024 mpsingh No Comments News Boat, capsized, Indonesia, Newsfeed, refugees, rescues, Rohingya, Show Types

NewsFeed Indonesian rescue teams have saved at least 69 Rohingya refugees from a capsized wooden boat off the coast of western Aceh province. Authorities estimate that 150 people had been on the boat for weeks before it capsized. Dozens are feared to have drowned. Published On 21 Mar 202421 Mar 2024 Source link