Rohingya

Days after cutting help due to US President Donald Trump’s embargo on foreign aid money, the United Nations migration agency’s top officer in Indonesia told AFP Tuesday that the organization had reversed funding cuts for Rohingya...

Food aid for more than a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is in danger due to a significant funding shortage for the UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) emergency response efforts in Bangladesh. A critical funding shortfall...

In order to find a long-term solution to the Rohingya issue, Foreign Advisor Md. Touhid Hossain today called on the Philippines to play a vital role as an Asean member state. He also asked the Philippines...

Home Advisor Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has urged the international community to put pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees, who are Myanmar citizens who were forcibly expelled. “Exert more international influence on Myanmar...

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that the UN would continue to mobilise the international community to support Bangladesh as a host to the forcibly displaced Rohingyas. In a letter to Chief Adviser...

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, declared on Tuesday that his organization will assist Bangladesh in its efforts to resolve the Rohingya issue in a way that would last. Grandi said this after visiting...

In India, many Rohingya youngsters face obstacles in their pursuit of an education since New Delhi views them as “illegal foreigners.” In Khajuri Khas, a neighborhood in northeastern Delhi, 7-year-old Rohingya girl Aisha gets up every...

Foreign Advisor Md. Touhid Hossain stated today that while a sustainable repatriation of Rohingya to Rakhine state is necessary for peace in the neighboring country amid its continuing civil war, peace in Myanmar is critical to...

Dr. Khalilur Rahman, the Chief Adviser’s High Representative for Rohingya Issues and Priority Affairs, has called on Qatar to provide strong assistance in enabling the Rohingyas’ return to their own Myanmar. According to a press release...

At an international conference in Qatar, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, the High Representative on Rohingya Issues and Priority Affairs to the Chief Advisor, stated that the interim government is seeking a worldwide consensus for the immediate repatriation...