Myanmar and Bangladesh are moving forward with a controversial plan to repatriate more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims, who fled a military crackdown that began late August. The deal was signed Nov. 23 and aims to begin the process to return...
Diphtheria was thought to be eradicated in Myanmar several years ago. But the the highly contagious bacterial infection has suddenly appeared in the massive refugee population along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. So far, at least nine people have been killed and...
As thousands of Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar in the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in the world, the focus of aid groups is shifting to the conditions facing refugees in the crowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The struggle to...
A recent report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) details the brutal treatment of the Rohingya by the Myanmar military and armed gangs. More than half a million Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh...
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Nearly 400,000 ethnic Rohingya have fled Myanmar across the border to Bangladesh. That number is increasing by the day. Those who have fled have relayed stories of horrific violence being inflicted against this minority community by their government. Since late...
Bangladesh is forging ahead with a controversial plan to settle hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar on an isolated, undeveloped, flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal. According to the latest estimates from U.N. officials, 313,000 Rohingya have poured across the...
The Rohingya are a long discriminated against minority community that live primarily in Myanmar. They are religiously Muslim and an ethnic minority that has faced marginalization by the government and population of Myanmar. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of...
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar are facing a major clean up after Cyclone Mora hit the area earlier this week. Overall, government officials estimate that 17,500 houses were destroyed in Bangladesh and search operations continue for dozens of missing people, this...