Rohingya

UK govt says Rohingya crisis ‘looks like ethnic cleansing’
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UK govt says Rohingya crisis ‘looks like ethnic cleansing’

The British government has said the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar “looks like ethnic cleansing,” Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said…
Rohingya boy floats across river to flee Myanmar violence
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Rohingya boy floats across river to flee Myanmar violence

Nabi Hussain owes his life to a yellow plastic oil container. The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn’t swim, and had never…
Suu Kyi visits Myanmar region torn by Rohingya conflict
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Suu Kyi visits Myanmar region torn by Rohingya conflict

Aung San Suu Kyi made her first visit as Myanmar’s leader Thursday to the conflict-torn region where more than half…
Rohingya fleeing Myanmar recount horror of capsized boat
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Rohingya fleeing Myanmar recount horror of capsized boat

Across the ferocious waves and the churning black water, Alam Jafar could see his frantic 7-year-old son gasping for breath,…
Myanmar’s Rohingya exodus: A desperate escape
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Myanmar’s Rohingya exodus: A desperate escape

The world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crisis shows no signs of abating, two months after militant attacks triggered a military crackdown in…
Bangladesh says Rohingya arrivals ‘untenable’ as thousands arrive daily
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Bangladesh says Rohingya arrivals ‘untenable’ as thousands arrive daily

Nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar, an “untenable situation” for neighbor Bangladesh, the country’s UN envoy…
Former Secretary General Kofi Annan urges UN to push for Rohingya return to Myanmar
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Former Secretary General Kofi Annan urges UN to push for Rohingya return to Myanmar

Annan, whose commission recently compiled a report on the refugee crisis, told an informal Security Council meeting Friday that Myanmar’s…
Vaccination begins in Bangladesh camps to head off cholera outbreak
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Vaccination begins in Bangladesh camps to head off cholera outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) began distributing 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine on Tuesday in Bangladesh’s camps for Rohingya refugees…
Rohingya insurgent ceasefire ends in Myanmar with no report of attacks
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Rohingya insurgent ceasefire ends in Myanmar with no report of attacks

Myanmar authorities said there was no sign of attacks by Rohingya Muslim militants on Tuesday as a one-month insurgent ceasefire…
UN braces for more Rohingya to flee, seeks access to Rakhine, Myanmar
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UN braces for more Rohingya to flee, seeks access to Rakhine, Myanmar

Muslim Rohingyas continue to flee Myanmar to Bangladesh and the United Nations is bracing for possible “further exodus”, the UN…
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