Mass graves of suspected trafficking victims found in Malaysia
Arakan News Agency Mass graves and suspected human-trafficking detention camps have been discovered by Malaysian police in towns and villages bordering Thailand, the country’s home minister said on Sunday. Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said officials are determining whether the graves were of human-trafficking victims, but did not say how many dead bodies were discovered. […]
Singapore to offer US$200,000 to support countries providing help to Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said the financial aid is part of an ASEAN-led initiative, adding that Singapore is prepared to consider further assistance, if there are specific requests. The Singapore Government will offer an initial contribution of US$200,000 through ASEAN to support the efforts of countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and […]
Global Rohingya Center (GRC) envoy discussed Rohingya situations with Indonesian ambassador in Qatar
Arakan News Agency Engineer Mohammad Yunus, a GRC member met with the Indonesian ambassador to Qatar Mr. Deddy Saiful Hadi in his residence. During the meeting they discussed Rohingya Muslims those flee persecutions by Buddhist in Myanmar and arrives by boat to Indonesian shores. As Indonesia is not part of UN signatory refugees nations, Indonesia […]
Myanmar’s Rakhine State denies persecution at root of migrant crisis
Arakan News Agency SITTWE, Myanmar/YANGON (Reuters) – The head of the Myanmar state from which thousands of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing denied that persecution had prompted the exodus after the United States called on the country to deal with its root causes. Many Rohingya have become prey to human traffickers on the journey south to […]
Aspiring Asia leader China takes no role in Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Malaysia has begun searching for thousands of boat people believed stranded in the Andaman Sea. From a hemisphere away in Washington, the U.S. said it will send navy planes. Even the small African nation of Gambia has offered help, saying it could take in the migrants. The Asian region’s biggest power, China, […]
US envoy urges Myanmar Rohingya ‘citizenship’ to end exodus
Arakan News Agency A senior US diplomat called on Myanmar Friday to grant its persecuted Rohingya minority citizenship rights as a way to help reduce the current exodus of migrants across the Bay of Bengal. “They should have a path to citizenship,” Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in Yangon a day after […]
US Envoy: Rohingya Deserve ‘Path to Citizenship’
Arakan News Agency A senior U.S. diplomat says Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya, who have been fleeing poverty and persecution in the country, should have a “path to citizenship” as a way to help solve the current humanitarian crisis in the region. “The uncertainty that comes with not even having any status is one of the things […]
EU lawmakers call on Myanmar to end Rohingya persecution, Thailand to investigate mass graves
Arakan News Agency BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers are calling on Myanmar to end the persecution of Rohingya Muslims and for Thailand to launch investigations into reports of mass graves of the Muslim minority. In a resolution Thursday, the lawmakers also called for the Thai government and officials to “end any complicity with the criminal […]
ARMM willing to provide sanctuary to Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is willing to host Rohingyas, who fled the massive persecution and human rights abuses they suffered in Myanmar (Burma), Gov. Mujiv Hataman said Friday. “These people have seen too much violence and hostility. They deserve, more than ever, our sympathy and kindness,” Hataman said in […]
Myanmar to deport Rohingya migrants as United Nations chief urges further rescues
Arakan News Agency A group of migrants recently rescued by Myanmar will be deported to Bangladesh, officials confirmed on Saturday, as the United Nations chief called on regional nations to prioritize saving the lives of those still stranded at sea. More than 3,500 migrants have swum to shore or been rescued off the coasts of […]
Myanmar to attend regional crisis meeting over Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency Myanmar leaders are to attend a regional conference on the refugee crisis next week. The decision comes as Malaysia begins search and rescue operations for Rohingya refugees stranded at sea. Malaysian foreign minister Anifah Aman said there are an estimated 7,000 people still adrift in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. […]
U.S. reviewing financial, resettlement assistance for Rohingya crisis -State Department
Arakan News Agency The United States is prepared to provide financial and resettlement aid in the current Asian crisis involving thousands of “boat people” adrift at sea, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday. More than 3,000 migrants, mostly Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladeshis, have landed so far this month in Malaysia and Indonesia. […]
Myanmar Shrugs Off Blame For Migrant Crisis; Refuses To Tackle Rohingyas In Thailand Summit
Arakan News Agency Myanmar says it cannot be held liable for the migrant crisis since the minority group is not comprised of authentic Rohingyas but Bengali migrants, instead. Myanmar does not take the blame for the continuing “humanitarian crisis” on the Rohingya refugees who are currently adrift at sea as no state wants to take […]