Rohingya Refugees
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UN agency probes origin of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia
•A distressing video circulated widely in social media showed the dehydrated and exhausted Rohingya, crumpled weakly and emaciated, many crying for help
100 Rohingya refugees adrift in a boat off India’s coast, nearly 20 dead, say activists, kin
Sohini Sarkar •Rohingyas, who are members of an ethnic Muslim minority community, often take huge risks to escape persecution and violence in their home country of Myanmar. Every year, boats laden with Rohingyas arrive on Indian soil, albeit illegally, some reach refugee camps in Bangladesh. Most die en route
India can do a lot to help Bangladesh cope with issue of Rohingya refugees, says visiting PM Sheikh Hasina
•Over 10 lakh Rohingya refugees are currently living in Bangladesh after fleeing from Myanmar's Rakhine
Suffer, Sorrow, Struggle: Rohingya refugees mark fifth anniversary of exodus
Fp Staff •Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar. The country is currently hosting over a million refugees and attempts have been made to repatriate them since 2017, but to no avail
Hardeep Singh Puri lauds Centre’s decision to shift Rohingya refugees to EWS flats in New Delhi
Fp Staff •Puri also pointed out that those people will be disappointed with this decision who made a career out of spreading canards on India’s refugee policy deliberately linking it to the CAA
Bangladesh activists brief UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on gross violations in 'police state'
•Michelle Bachelet is the first UN rights chief to visit Bangladesh, and is also due to visit camps housing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled a 2017 military onslaught in Myanmar
One million people flee Ukraine amid Russian invasion: A look at other refugee crises around the world
Fp Explainers •According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there are 26 million refugees worldwide who have had to leave their home country due to conflict, natural disasters, poverty and other reasons
Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion for alleged role in violence
•Recently revealed internal Facebook documents show the company still has problems defining and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in Myanmar
Bangladesh: Gunmen kill seven, wound 20 in attack on Rohingya refugee camp
•The attackers shot and stabbed people attending an Islamic school in the camp, a regional police chief said
US announces USD 180 million aid for Rohingya refugees; calls on Myanmar to stop violence, release the unjustly detained
•With this US’s humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees has reached more than USD 1.5 billion since August 2017