Rohingya Migrant Boat Accepted in Indonesian Waters
Arakan News Agency More than 400 Rohingya migrants who were pushed back to sea in southern Thailand last week have ended up in Indonesia. Local fishermen rescued the migrants, many of whom were weak and starving, Wednesday and took them to the eastern province of Aceh. Most of those rescued are Rohingya, an impoverished mainly […]
Gambia offers to resettle all Rohingya boatpeople
Arakan News Agency Gambia said on Wednesday it would take in all Rohingya boatpeople as part of its “sacred duty” to alleviate the suffering of fellow Muslims flooding South-east Asia to escape oppression. The government of the impoverished West African nation appealed to the countries of the region to send the migrants to its shores, […]
US says willing to take in Rohingya boat people
Arakan News Agency The United States is willing to take in Rohingya refugees as part of international efforts to cope with Southeast Asia’s stranded boat people, the State Department said Wednesday. Spokeswoman Marie Harf said that the U.S. is prepared to take a leading role in any multicountry effort, organized by the United Nations refugee […]
Hayat Foundation provides relief assistance to the Rohingya Muslims of Burma in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency Hayat Humanitarian Foundation announced that it have carried out a visit to camps for Rohingya refugees in the border area of Bangladesh with a number of charitable humanitarian projects for alleviating the suffering of the Muslims there, this project will be benefiting an estimated 500 refugees. The foundation’s director Abdulaziz bin Mirdah […]
Rohingya Say Quake-Ravaged Nepal Is Better Than Life at Home or Death at Sea
Arakan News Agency “In Burma, just being Muslim is like a crime” After last Tuesday’s magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck Nepal, the fear of aftershocks prompted Hassan Hassan to sleep on the street. The temblor sliced off his door, shattered his windows, and cracked the walls of the ramshackle dwelling he shared with almost 30 other refugees […]
Putrajaya can offer Rohingyas food and oil… but not entry, Parliament told
Arakan News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — Putrajaya cannot arbitrarily allow foreigners into the country as it is bound by restrictions in local immigration laws, a minister explained today amid criticisms over Malaysia’s refusal to rescue the thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, […]
Malaysia to warn Myanmar to address Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency Malaysia will issue a stern warning to Myanmar to address the Rohingya issue, an official said Monday as Southeast Asian countries face a crisis of thousands of migrants being stranded at sea and washing ashore. A Malaysian foreign ministry official who requested anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to media […]
Don’t Rescue Rohingya Muslim Migrants Even if They are Drowning, Indonesia Tells its Fishermen
Arakan News Agency The Indonesian government has reportedly asked the local fishermen not to rescue hundreds of stranded Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims even if they were drowning in the sea. The warning was issued to the fisherman after some 700 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar were rescued off Aceh last week. A BBC report citing […]
Myanmar declines talk on Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has signalled it will not take part in Thailand’s plans to host a conference on the crisis of Rohingya boat people. “We are unlikely to attend… we do not accept it if they [Thailand] are inviting us just to ease the pressure they are facing,” Myanmar’s presidential office director Zaw Htay […]
After long ordeal at sea, Rohingya find humanity in Indonesia
Arakan News Agency LHOKSUKON, Indonesia, May 18 (UNHCR) – As governments in the region deliberate over what to do with boatloads of vulnerable people stranded at sea, the people of Indonesia have spoken. In the last week, Indonesian fishermen have rescued more than 1,300 Bangladeshis and Rohingya from Myanmar after they drifted or swam to […]
Rohingya boatpeople deserve ‘human rights’: Myanmar opposition
Arakan News Agency A spokesman for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called on the Myanmar government to confer citizenship on the stateless Rohingya people, who are fleeing in boats to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. YANGON: Rohingya boatpeople fleeing dire conditions in Myanmar are entitled to “human rights”, a spokesman for Aung […]
Philippines might allow entry to Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The Philippine government on Tuesday said it is willing to open the country’s doors to minority Rohingya migrants who have fled Myanmar and Bangladesh, saying that it is committed to the United Nations pledge to protect asylum seekers and refugees. “Let us not fall short of providing humanitarian relief and assistance that […]
I was sold as slave in Thailand, says Rohingya man
Arakan News Agency Persecuted, beaten up, abused, arrested and sold as a slave. The life of a Rohingya can be very difficult. Din is a 45-year-old Rohingya man who has been in Malaysia for 24 years. He lives here with his wife, also a Rohingya, and their seven-month-old baby. He got his United Nations High […]