Tag: Rohingya

(Rohingya/Bangladesh) Fire at Bangladesh Rohingya camp leaves thousands without shelter (Al Jazeera)

A fire has swept through the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, destroying homes belonging to thousands of people, according to the United Nations. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/14/fire-leaves-at-least-3500-rohingya-without-shelter-in-bangladesh

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA – Bangladesh begins moving second group of Rohingya to Bhashan Char (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh has started moving a second group of Rohingya refugees to a controversial flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal despite opposition from rights...

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA – Bangladesh ‘set to move’ new group of Rohingya to remote island (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this...

ROHINGYA – Sesame Street unveils Rohingya Muppets to help refugee children (Al Jazeera)

Children’s TV show Sesame Street has created its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic’s effect...

ROHINGYA – Rohingya refugees are being displaced, again (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh has relocated more than 1,700 Rohingya refugees from crowded camps in the country’s southeast to Bhasan Char, an island prone to flooding, and...

ROHINGYA – Video shows smugglers beating Rohingya on trafficking boat (Al Jazeera)

Smugglers mercilessly beat rake-thin refugees crowded onto a fishing boat, in a video obtained by AFP news agency that shows rarely seen images from...

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA/MYANMAR – UN expert wants scrutiny of conditions at Bhasan Char (Al Jazeera)

A United Nations human rights expert has called for an independent assessment on the conditions at Bhasan Char, the remote island in Bangladesh where...

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA – Bangladesh ships Rohingya to remote island despite outcry (Al Arabiya)

More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees sailed on Friday from Bangladesh’s southern port of Chittagong for the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay...

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA – Rights groups urge Bangladesh to halt Rohingya relocation (Al Jazeera)

Human rights groups urged Bangladesh on Thursday to stop its plan to ship thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island as officials said...