Women’s Participation Project: A leap for Rohingya women towards empowerment and leadership
Arakan News Agency As women form 51% of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who fleed persecution and violations in Myanmar years ago, traumas, losing loved ones and lack of livelihoods have been of the most pressing challenges for women in Cox’s Bazar camps. According to international organizations, women in Bangladesh camps face growing threats of gender-based […]
India allegedly deported 43 Rohingya throwing them in international waters near Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Media reports on Monday indicated that India forcibly deported dozens of Rohingya refugees during May by throwing them into international waters near Myanmar’s maritime border which forced them to swim to reach Myanmar’s coasts. The Indian “Maktoob Media”, citing sources, reported that on May 8, Indian forces dumped 43 Rohingya, including women, […]
India chooses pushing Rohingya back to Bangladesh over legal process
Arakan News Agency Chief Minister if the Indian state of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, decided that state confirmed that the state government is pushing back Rohingya refugees and other “illegal infiltrators” into Bangladesh, rather than pursuing legal action against them. He announced the new policy shift saying that Assam won’t bring migrants inside the country […]
Can Rohingya Examination Board enhance education for children in camps?
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive As the suffering of Rohingya persists due to lack of food, medicine, housing and education, hope emerges for a better future for Rohingya children through trusted and accredited education systemin Bangladesh camps. “Rohingya Exam Board” was the idea 53 schools reached to improve the quality of Education for hundreds of […]
Rising suicides among Rohingya: a call for urgent mental health action
The Rohingya, one of the world’s most persecuted and stateless minorities, have endured decades of systematic violence, displacement, and trauma. After fleeing genocidal attacks in Myanmar, nearly a million Rohingya sought refuge in the camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. But while they escaped one form of death, many now face another slow, silent, and internal. […]
No agreement yet on humanitarian corridor to Arakan, Bangladesh says
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh High Representative on Rohingya Issues, Dr Khalilur Rahman, has stated that no agreement has been made yet regarding a humanitarian corridor to Arakan state in Western Myanmar. “We have not discussed or made any agreement or understanding regarding a humanitarian corridor. This is not a humanitarian corridor; it is a humanitarian […]
Rohingya displacement from Arakan since 2023
Arakan News Agency Numbers of displaced Rohingya inside Arakan state and in Bangladesh since Arakan Army launched offensive to control the state in November 2023.
UNHCR asks Bangladesh to shelter 113.000 newly arrived Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has asked Bangladesh to provide shelter for more than 113,000 newly arrived Rohingya refugees, officials said on Monday. Bangladesh’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman told Anadolu Agency that UNHCR has written to the commission’s office last week to arrange housing for the newly […]
UN humanitarian corridor to Arakan will ease Rohingya repatriation, Bangladesh says
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh officials asserted that opening a humanitarian corridor supported by the United Nations UN into Arakan state will create conditions for the return of the Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar. Senior officials said that discussions concerning the UN-supported humanitarian corridor are underway with all relevant stakeholders. “Our position is that should there […]
Taekwondo: Rohingya girls’ weapon against violence in camps
Arakan News Agency | exclusive As violence surges inside Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, a number of Rohingya girls have resorted to learning Taekwondo, supported by their families, as a tool of self-defense against violence and crime against women. Some Rohingya female trainees told Arakan News Agency ANA, that learning a similar sport earlier could […]
Timeline of Rohingya food aid crisis in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency A timeline for the crisis of lowering food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh following a decision by World Food Program to halve the aid in March due to low funds, before the decision was averted.
How Two Rohingyas died due to lack of medical care in Indonesia, details revealed
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Families of two young Rohingya refugees who died in Indonesia due to lack of adequate and urgent medical care revealed the tragic details of their deaths in a hospital in Pekanbaru, Riau Province. Two young Rohingya men; Asadullah, 25, and Muhammad Ullah, 20, died. Asadullah left behind a wife and […]
Rohingya oppose UNHCR decision to share their data with Bangladesh Government
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Rohingya refugees oppose the decision of UNHCR to share their biometric data with Bangladesh Government without their consent. Chief of “Arakan Rohingya society for peace and human rights”, Mohamed Al-zubair, expresses dismay against the decision.