US Calls for ‘Regional Solution’ for Rohingya Migrants
Arakan News Agency The United States is coming under pressure from human rights groups and some in Congress to help Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded at sea as Southeast Asian nations refuse to let them come to shore. Washington is stepping up its calls for governments to work together to save migrants stranded off the […]
Allow Rohingya refugees to land here, says Syed Hamid
Arakan News Agency Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar should jointly discuss the issue of Rohingya refugees and how to solve the issue, former Malaysian foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar said to media. “In this case the source of our problems is Myanmar. Let us sit down together,” he told reporters after the opening ceremony of […]
Malaysia seeks Myanmar help on migrant ‘catastrophe’
Arakan News Agency Malaysia’s prime minister said on Saturday he would seek help from Myanmar to address the unfolding “humanitarian catastrophe” involving a wave of people fleeing on boats to Southeast Asia, thousands of whom are ethnic Rohingya escaping oppression in the mainly Buddhist country. Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand have come under increasing pressure to […]
Rohingya: Mystery over Suu Kyi’s defeaning silence
Arakan News Agency KUALA LUMPUR: In the past, Myanmar President, Thein Sein suggested that ethnic Rohingya residing in Myanmar for hundreds of years were forced to flee their home country, flooding to Southeast Asia. Although the motion was rejected by the United Nations, President Thein went on to introduce domestic policy that does not recognise […]
Myanmar deflects blame for Rohingya migrant crisis
Arakan News Agency President Thein Sein’s office says Myanmar will not attend Thai summit on crisis if invitation mentions name ‘Rohingya‘. Myanmar refused to shoulder blame for an escalating migrant crisis and cast doubts on whether it will attend a summit in Thailand later this month aimed at easing an emergency that has left thousands […]
Najib’s statement on Rohingya a joke, says DAP
Arakan News Agency Serdang MP Dr Ong Kian Ming pointed out that the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report had downgraded Malaysia to Tier 3 status last year for not complying with the “minimum standards” to deal with human trafficking. “As long as the Malaysian government refuses to have an honest examination of its […]
Myanmar blames Rohingya crisis on its neighbours
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has directed the blame of a spiralling migrant crisis on its neighbours, and cast doubts on whether it will attend a meeting to be hosted by Thailand later this month aimed at easing the humanitarian emergency. Presidential official Maj Zaw Htay told Associated Press on Saturday that Myanmar will decide whether […]
Rohingya brave death at sea to escape hell in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Muslim minority of the cramped Aung Ming Lar ghetto reveal a bitterly hard life with many willing to risk everything to get away Aung Ming Lar, Myanmar: In the courtyard of a simple mosque bordered by recently dug graves Mohammad recounts in a low monotone how he lost his daughter. “She was […]
Kerry discusses shelter for Rohingya with Thai minister
Arakan News Agency The United States explored the possibility of Thailand giving shelter to Rohingya Muslims adrift at sea on Friday and urged countries in the region not to send the migrants back out to sea. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the Thai foreign minister to discuss temporary shelter for the Rohingya as […]
Rohingyas, the Victims of Sustained Genocidal Persecution for Nearly 40 Years
Arakan News Agency Interview with Dr Maung Zarni ————————–—– Grave atrocities Rohingya people are facing in Myanmar, also known as Burma, is alarming. The Rohingya people numbering 1,3 million is a Muslim minority living in the Arakan state in western Myanmar. Although they are living in the country for generations they are denied citizenship and […]
Rohingya Migrants From Myanmar, Shunned by Malaysia, Are Spotted Adrift in Andaman Sea
Arakan News Agency IN THE ANDAMAN SEA OFF THAILAND — A wooden fishing boat carrying several hundred desperate migrants from Myanmar was spotted adrift in the Andaman Sea between Thailand and Malaysia on Thursday, part of an exodus in which thousands of people have taken to the sea in recent weeks with no country willing […]
Thailand Announces Summit to Tackle Migrant Crisis
Arakan News Agency The Thai government on Tuesday announced that it would host a summit May 29 to address illegal migration in the region, as a crisis triggered by its crackdown on human smuggling has grown increasingly dire for migrants themselves. International organizations warned that thousands of men, women and children could be crammed aboard […]
Penang assemblymen express concerns over Rohingya migrants issue
Arakan News Agency Penang assemblymen today expressed their concerns over reports of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar getting turned away by neighbouring countries to face their fate in the open sea. R. S. N. Rayer (DAP – Seri Delima) called upon the state government to come up with measures to address the issue of boats […]