In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees face risk from a xenophobic media onslaught

In two years, the community from Myanmar have gone from being described as ‘guests’ to being branded a ‘menace’.

Qadaruddin Shishir

· Sep 18, 2019 · 06:30 am

Mizoram begins hearing claims of 260 Bru refugees excluded from bonafide citizens’ list

Altogether, 26,128 Brus, lodged in six relief camps of neighbouring Tripura, have made it to the list, said Home Secretary Lalbiakzama.

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· Aug 27, 2019 · 06:29 pm

480 Bangladeshis deported between January 2016 and April 2018: Delhi Police tell Supreme Court

A petition in the top court sought a direction to the Centre and the state governments to identify, detain and deport all ‘illegal migrants and infiltrators’.

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· Jul 31, 2019 · 10:43 pm

Mizoram officials re-identify over 26,000 Bru refugees in Tripura camps, says home secretary

However, Lalbiakzama said the figure was not final, as scrutiny would be held after a meeting with the officials who returned from Tripura.

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· Jul 22, 2019 · 08:50 pm

Rohingya crackdown: US imposes sanctions on Myanmar Army chief and three senior generals

The State Department said it took the action after it found credible information about their involvement in gross violations of human rights.

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· Jul 17, 2019 · 04:51 pm

Tripura: Two Rohingya men arrested near Bangladesh border

The police arrested them on Monday after being tipped off by local people in Rajnagar village in West Tripura district.

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· Jul 16, 2019 · 02:56 pm

Are Rohingya immigrants entitled to refugee status? Supreme Court agrees to examine pleas in August

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asked the court to let international laws regarding community rights govern the matter.

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· Jul 09, 2019 · 08:22 pm

Myanmar has ordered internet shutdown in two provinces, including Rakhine, says telecom company

Telecom major Telenor group’s claims were refuted by the Myanmar Army at a press conference on Saturday.

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· Jun 23, 2019 · 02:35 pm

UN accepts its ‘systematic failure’ in handling Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

An internal report by former Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Minister Gert Rosenthal said the world body had been overall ‘relatively impotent’ during the crisis.

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· Jun 18, 2019 · 03:58 pm

Mizoram: 12 suspected Rohingya refugees, believed to be trafficking victims, taken to shelter homes

The group comprising eight women and four minor boys were found at the home of a woman in Aizawl on Sunday.

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· May 08, 2019 · 04:17 pm

Mizoram: 12 suspected Rohingya, believed to be trafficking victims, detained by police

The woman who gave them shelter was arrested.

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· May 07, 2019 · 06:00 pm

‘Time bomb’: As Bangladesh Rohingya camp disturbs elephant movement, experts hunt for solutions

Last year, 13 refugees were killed in attacks by elephants whose migration path has been blocked by the Cox’s Bazar settlements.

Belinda Goldsmith, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

· Feb 12, 2019 · 08:30 pm