Rohingya Children Forced into Unpaid Labor in a Buddhist Temple in Arakan

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Families of Rohingya in the village of “Phone Nyo Lake” in Buthidaung, Arakan State, reported that children under the age of 13 are being forced into unpaid labor inside a local Buddhist temple, under orders from the village head, amid growing concerns for their physical and psychological safety. Parents told […]

513 Rohingya Detained in Arakan After Their Boat Bound for Malaysia Was Intercepted

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive The Myanmar military detained 513 Rohingya, including a significant number of women and children, in Sittwe, Arakan State, after the Myanmar Navy intercepted their boat bound for Malaysia and opened fire on it several weeks ago. Local sources told the Arakan News Agency that the boat was intercepted near Pauktaw […]

Study Reveals Major Gaps in Vaccination Among Rohingya and Host Community Children in Bangladesh

Arakan News Agency A recent study conducted by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), has revealed significant gaps in vaccination coverage among forcibly displaced Rohingya children as well as children in the host community in Cox’s Bazar, with notably higher rates of zero-dose and under-immunized children within Rohingya camps. The study found […]

Korea Provides $5 Million to IOM to Support Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Arakan News Agency The Republic of Korea has provided $5 million to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to improve the living conditions of over 420,000 Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh. According to the Bangladeshi newspaper Dhaka Tribune, the funding will help provide water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services across seven camps, […]

Pakistani Interior Minister: We Issue Passports Only to Rohingya, Not Citizenship

Arakan News Agency Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed that his country issues passports to displaced Rohingya individuals without granting them Pakistani citizenship. Speaking after his meeting with Bangladeshi counterpart Jahangir Alam Chaudhry in Dhaka, Naqvi said that the passports would carry a different code or serial number to identify the holders as Rohingya. Meanwhile, […]

Trump Administration to End Temporary Protected Status for Myanmar Immigrants

Arakan News Agency The Trump administration announced on Monday that it will end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for nearly 4,000 immigrants from Myanmar, a country that has been experiencing a civil war for several years, leaving these individuals vulnerable to arrest and deportation. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in an official […]

Bangladesh: Arrest of 5 Myanmar Security Personnel Who Fled Arakan Militia Camp

Arakan News Agency The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has arrested five Myanmar security personnel who fled the Khyen Chaung detention camp in northern Maungdaw, Arakan State, and entered Bangladesh seeking asylum, police confirmed on Sunday. The arrests included four members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) and one Myanmar Army soldier. The operation took […]