‘There are no happy stories for refugees’: The world has turned its back on a humanitarian crisis

Those seeking asylum encounter a dehumanised, ruthless and ugly society where they are used as pawns in international power politics.

Nandita Haksar

· Jun 20, 2022 · 08:30 am

If long-term issues are ignored, the Ukrainian refugee crisis could go the Rohingya way

Even sympathetic communities can lose their enthusiasm for hosting refugees.

Palash Kamruzzaman, The Conversation

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Bulbul Siddiqi, The Conversation

· May 26, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Afghan refugees who fled to Pakistan face economic hardship and police harassment

The country has grown tired of hosting them.

Zofeen T Ebrahim, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Apr 21, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Libya’s coast, at least 57 presumed dead

A United Nations migration official said there were at least 75 migrants on board, but 18 were rescued and sent back to Libya.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 27, 2021 · 01:56 pm

Bangladesh’s unplanned relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island is risky

But the international community should do much more to ensure that the refugees can safely return to Myanmar.

Meenakshi Ganguly

· Jun 07, 2021 · 08:45 am

In Tripura, Bengalis and Mizos have joined hands to thwart the resettlement of Bru refugees

Brus cannot go back to their homes in Mizoram. And they are not welcome in Tripura, where they took shelter.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 24, 2020 · 09:00 am

Bru refugees: Supreme Court lawyer issues legal notice to six Tripura officials for stopping rations

The lawyer said that the legal notice was meant to remind the government that the top court has said the refugees cannot be forced to return to Mizoram.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 12, 2019 · 02:20 pm

Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at International Court of Justice

More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after the 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 11, 2019 · 08:39 pm

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.

Scroll Staff

· 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’.

Scroll Staff

· 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.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 22, 2019 · 08:50 pm