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    Tagged: UNHCR

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    UN starts registering Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

    The UN and Bangladesh have started formally registering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in Burma.

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Burma is source of world’s fourth-largest displaced population: report

    With 1.2 million refugees originating from Burma and tens of thousands more uprooted inside the country, the Southeast Asian nation was the source of the fourth-largest population of displaced people worldwide at the end of 2017, a new report by the UN refugee agency.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Rohingya refugee repatriation to start on 22 January

    Minister Win Myat Aye said a group of 450 Hindu refugees will be allowed back across the border on 22 January as the first step in the repatriation process.

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    Lead Story News Rohingya

    At least 10 children among the dead as boat capsizes en route to Bangladesh

    The boat sank near Shah Porir Dwip, on the southern tip of Bangladesh, late on Sunday with up to 35 people on board, Bangladeshi police said.

    Aid Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN calls for ‘massive’ increase in aid as exodus to Bangladesh hits 400,000

    “We will all have to ramp up our response massively, from food to shelter,” said the assistant high commissioner for operations at the U.N. refugee agency.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    India says it will deport all Rohingyas

    All of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India are illegal immigrants and the government aims to deport them, a senior government official says.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN proposes US, Canada for limited Rohingya resettlement

    UNHCR asks Bangladesh to allow it to negotiate with the US, Canada and some European countries to resettle around 1,000 Rohingya Muslims.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Will this desert island be site for Rohingya refugees?

    The influx of Rohingyas from Burma has prompted Dhaka to revive a plan to move thousands of people to this uninhabited island.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News

    Up to 4,000 IDPs on the run in Kachin, says aid team

    Many of the IDPs yesterday attempted to flee across the Chinese border to seek sanctuary but were turned back by the Chinese authorities.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    UN pushes scheme for Rohingya refugees to work in Malaysia

    Under the pilot scheme, a group of 300 Rohingya would be allowed to work legally in the plantation and manufacturing sectors.

    Aid Arakan Lead Story News

    UN, WHO given access to IDPs in Buthidaung

    Foreign aid groups had previously been denied access to shelters amid ongoing clashes between government security forces and armed mobs.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingyas still struggle for work in Malaysia

    “As long as the government doesn’t recognise their status, let alone the ability to access work legally, they are susceptible to abuse, exploitation and mistreatment.”

    Lead Story Mon News Refugees

    A cautionary tale of displacement in Mon State

    A new report penned by a consortium of rights groups details a forgotten episode in recent history when Mon refugees were caught between Thai and Burmese government interests.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Citizenship programme launched in Arakan

    A programme targeting displaced Rohingya communities in Arakan has been launched.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees

    Dozens of refugees return to Burma, citing worsening camp conditions

    Citing growing hardships in their border-based camp, a group of 69 refugees has made the move back into Karen State.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News Refugees

    Angelina visits Kachin IDPs

    After plans to visit IDPs in Sittwe were scuttled due to a cyclone warning, UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie Pitt flies to Myitkyina.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    UNHCR presents first draft of repatriation plan

    The plan envisages a voluntary repatriation of 110,000 refugees residing in Thailand’s camps, drawing mixed reactions from camp leaders.

    Aid Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN urges more support for Rohingyas, but state media suggests they are overfed

    Burmese govt press cite sources claiming that relief supplies are ‘abundant’ in the camps.

    Burma's ethnic Rohingya Muslims are not recognised as citizens of their country. (PHOTO: UNHCR).

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Burma rejects UN proposal on Rohingya Muslims

    The Burmese government has rejected a proposal from the UNHCR decision regarding Burma’s ethnic Rohingya Muslims by the Organization of Islamic Countries.

    Aussies taking part in the challenge are only allowed to eat the average rations of a Burmese refugee. (PHOTO: Jade Horrobin).

    Human Interest Lead Story News Refugees

    Aussie activists spend a week as refugees

    While most Australians were happily tucking into bacon and eggs on Saturday morning, Jade Horrobin was finishing off the last of her week’s refugee rations.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    UN on boatpeople crisis: ‘This momentum must not be lost’

    As the news coverage of the migrant crisis in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea drops away, the UN has made a renewed call for funds and action.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin IDPs wait for aid as winter sets in

    Thousands of refugees at camps in northern Kachin State are facing food shortages since the state government blocked aid deliveries at the end of October.

    Human Rights Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    When will the Rohingya get to say ‘I Belong’?

    United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) initiates a worldwide campaign titled “I Belong” to end statelessness of refugees.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees

    Refugees worried amid lack of govt transparency

    Refugees from Burma residing in Thai border camps are concerned about the lack of transparency from Thai authorities regarding repatriation, in light of a recent census poll being conducted in the camps.

    UNHCR raises concerns over Burmese refugee repatriation video

    Lead Story News Politics Refugees Video

    UNHCR raises concerns over Burmese refugee repatriation

    Burmese refugees living in Thailand will face challenges if they are repatriated, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Thai Army spokesman says refugee return will be a ‘long process’

    A Thai Army spokesman denied reports on Monday regarding the Thai military’s intentions to repatriate within a year roughly 130,000 Burmese refugees.

    Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp at Thai-Burmese border video

    Lead Story News Refugees Video

    Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp at Thai-Burmese border

    Film star and UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie visited a Karenni woman and her family at a refugee camp near the Thai-Burmese border on Friday, to mark World Refugee Day.

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    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News Photos

    In pictures: Kachin IDPs seek shelter in China

    DVB’s Aung Kyaw Zaw takes a look into two camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) along the Burma-China border, forced to flee their homes because of conflict.

    Development Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Japan announces more aid, loans to Burma

    Coinciding with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Burma this week, Japan has announced 1.6 billion yen (US$16m) in support for UN programmes in Burma.

    Communal Violence Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Quintana plans Arakan visit in midst of anti-UN protests

    UN Special Rapporteur to visit Arakan as protestors around the region demand that the UN, along with MSF and other international relief agencies, are forced to withdraw their operations.

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