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Difficult Ramadan for Rohingya as WFP cuts funding
2023-03-29

From 1 March, the World Food Program cut its General Food Assistance vouchers for Rohingya from $12 to $10 per person per month, due to a funding shortfall. ...

Myanmar officials leave Bangladesh after Rohingya repatriation interviews
Myanmar officials leave Bangladesh after Rohingya repatriation interviews 2023-03-22

This time, the delegation used its own boat.

UN refugee agency confirms involvement in junta boat transport
UN refugee agency confirms involvement in junta boat transport 2023-03-20

UNHCR says it provided “logistical support” for Myanmar officials to visit Bangladesh refugee camps.

Unmarked UN boats used to ferry junta officials to refugee camps, email shows
Unmarked UN boats used to ferry junta officials to refugee camps, email shows 2023-03-17

The United Nations’ top official in Myanmar wrote to colleagues that the junta made a “very firm request.”

RECAP: AUKUS deal, Rohingya repatriation, assassination
2023-03-17

#ICYMI: Catch up on news you might have missed this week from the Indo-Pacific region.

UNHCR: Rakhine not safe for Myanmar’s Rohingya repatriation pilot project
UNHCR: Rakhine not safe for Myanmar’s Rohingya repatriation pilot project 2023-03-15

A Burmese delegation arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday to start verifying 1,000 refugees’ identities for China-mediated program.

Bangladesh, UN seek $876M from donors for Rohingya amid funds crunch
Bangladesh, UN seek $876M from donors for Rohingya amid funds crunch 2023-03-07

Washington commits $26 million, far lower than its contribution of $152 million in 2022.

Bangladesh investigators probe cause of fire that left 12,000 Rohingya homeless
Bangladesh investigators probe cause of fire that left 12,000 Rohingya homeless 2023-03-06

The blaze also destroyed health, learning and relief centers, officials said.

Border town residents feel safer after Malaysia cracked down on human smuggling
Border town residents feel safer after Malaysia cracked down on human smuggling 2023-03-04

Wang Kelian, near Thailand, is where graves of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants were found in 2015.

Malaysia deports 114 Muslim Myanmar nationals, including children, their lawyer says
Malaysia deports 114 Muslim Myanmar nationals, including children, their lawyer says 2023-02-23

Those sent back will be persecuted because Burmese military ostracizes Muslims, says lawyer Lim Wei Jet.

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya in Bangladesh over lack of funds
UN to cut food aid for Rohingya in Bangladesh over lack of funds 2023-02-17

The World Food Program cites a $125 million shortfall.

In Bangladesh’s borderland with Myanmar, 2 Rohingya militant groups fight for dominance
In Bangladesh’s borderland with Myanmar, 2 Rohingya militant groups fight for dominance 2023-02-02

The Rohingya Solidarity Organization emerged from obscurity in 2021 to fight Myanmar military, but finds itself up against a rival insurgent group.

ASEAN chair Indonesia: Won’t resort to ‘megaphone diplomacy’ with Myanmar
ASEAN chair Indonesia: Won’t resort to ‘megaphone diplomacy’ with Myanmar 2023-01-30

Don’t expect post-coup crisis to be resolved in 2023, Indonesian foreign minister cautions.

Complaint filed in Germany alleges atrocity crimes by Myanmar junta
Complaint filed in Germany alleges atrocity crimes by Myanmar junta 2023-01-25

If accepted, the case would ‘fill gaps’ left by current accountability mechanisms.

Indonesia urges regional effort to address crisis of Rohingya stranded at sea
Indonesia urges regional effort to address crisis of Rohingya stranded at sea 2023-01-19

There has been “alarming rise” in deaths of persecuted Myanmar minority who fled via sea, U.N. says.

Rohingya settlement on Bangladesh-Myanmar border torched amid fighting between militant groups
Rohingya settlement on Bangladesh-Myanmar border torched amid fighting between militant groups 2023-01-18

At least one person died during clashes in and around a no-man’s land along the frontier.

US: Bangladesh’s RAB has made ‘tremendous progress’ in reducing extrajudicial killings
US: Bangladesh’s RAB has made ‘tremendous progress’ in reducing extrajudicial killings 2023-01-17

Washington had sanctioned the elite security unit in December 2021 for gross human rights violations.

Rights watchdog group wants Indonesia, ASEAN to push Myanmar to end violence
Rights watchdog group wants Indonesia, ASEAN to push Myanmar to end violence 2023-01-12

In its World Report 2023, Human Rights Watch calls on Southeast Asian bloc to hold Burmese junta accountable.

Malaysian PM backs Indonesia’s new capital, pledges investment
Malaysian PM backs Indonesia’s new capital, pledges investment 2023-01-09

Anwar Ibrahim said project would spur growth in Malaysia’s Sabah and Sarawak states.

Another boatload of Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia’s Aceh region
Another boatload of Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia’s Aceh region 2023-01-08

Group follows arrival of around 240 dehydrated Rohingya who arrived in two vessels in last week of December.

Rohingya teenager: ‘There were bodies floating in the water'
2022-12-29

Fatimah bin Ismail, 19, was among more than 170 refugees who reached Indonesia this week after a perilous 40-day journey at sea.

Rohingya who survived a deadly sea odyssey recuperate in Aceh, Indonesia
2022-12-27

Refugee: “In Bangladesh, our life was difficult.”

Rohingya man recounts nightmare of being adrift at sea
Rohingya man recounts nightmare of being adrift at sea 2022-12-27

More than 100 aboard the vessel were children, IOM says.

Second boatload of Rohingya arrives in Indonesia in as many days
Second boatload of Rohingya arrives in Indonesia in as many days 2022-12-26

The 185 passengers disembarked in Aceh province but 30 other people had died at sea, survivors told a local fisherman.

Boat with ‘dehydrated and exhausted’ Rohingya refugees lands in Aceh
Boat with ‘dehydrated and exhausted’ Rohingya refugees lands in Aceh 2022-12-25

The 57 men on the wooden boat – there were no women or children – had sailed from Bangladesh in late November, an Indonesian NGO said.

Acehnese authorities say they’re looking out for stranded Rohingya boat
Acehnese authorities say they’re looking out for stranded Rohingya boat 2022-12-24

“We will pick them up” if they come close to the shoreline, says local official.

Activists, families call for rescue of boat adrift in Andaman Sea
Activists, families call for rescue of boat adrift in Andaman Sea 2022-12-22

Rohingya and Bangladeshis have used a satellite phone to seek help as death toll climbs.

UNICEF plans big expansion of program to educate Rohingya children in Bangladesh
UNICEF plans big expansion of program to educate Rohingya children in Bangladesh 2022-12-15

The U.N. agency seeks to teach Myanmar curriculum to all students in refugee camps.

Unable to return home, Rohingya risk their lives to leave refugee camps
Unable to return home, Rohingya risk their lives to leave refugee camps 2022-12-14

About 2,000 of the ethnic minority Muslims sailed from Bangladesh, Myanmar this year, UNHCR says.

24 Rohingya leave Bangladesh for US
24 Rohingya leave Bangladesh for US 2022-12-08

They are the first in a group of 62 refugees in Bangladesh identified as candidates for resettlement in the United States.

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