Rohingyas were promised a new home in Bangladesh. They are now trying to escape itBangladesh is struggling to find a long-term solution for more than 1 million members of the largely Muslim Rohingya minority group who fle...
11 Oct, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
COVID-19 variant 1st reported in India threatens to rapidly spread in sub-region: UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic, at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, said that the ...
02 Jun, 2021, 11.31 AM IST
Bangladesh to move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslims to remote island despite criticismBangladesh has relocated about 3,500 of the refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to Bhasan Char island since early December from border camps...
27 Jan, 2021, 08.32 PM IST
UNHCR seeks clarification from India over repatriation of Rohingya to MyanmarThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday that it "regrets India's decision to repatriate a famil...
05 Jan, 2019, 12.19 PM IST
For first time, India deports seven Rohingya immigrants to MyanmarThe illegal immigrants were detained in 2012 and since then they had been lodged in Cachar Central Jail in Assam's Silchar.
04 Oct, 2018, 05.00 PM IST
India to deport 7 Rohingyas to Myanmar ThursdayThis will be the first time Rohingya immigrants would be sent back to Myanmar from India.
03 Oct, 2018, 06.04 PM IST
India should use its influence with Myanmar for reconciliation on Rohingya issue: UN Secretary GeneralTop UN official said India is an absolutely essential component of a future multi-polar world and that it can play a role of an "honest bro...
02 Oct, 2018, 09.34 PM IST
Pakistan's concern over plight of Rohingya Muslims worries IndiaPakistan has, for some time now, been gathering support, both domestically and internationally, for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
14 Jul, 2018, 09.52 AM IST
View: China bounces back in Myanmar as West retreatsClose and warm relationship of Suu Kyi with the US and the western countries has been under stress for some time now.
20 Jan, 2018, 06.49 AM IST
Anish Kapoor pledges $1 mn Genesis Prize money to refugeesThe 63-year-old artist was awarded the 2017 prize for outstanding commitment to the Jewish people and values.
17 Jan, 2018, 07.39 PM IST
China moots economic corridor with Myanmar for easy access to Indian OceanThe direct economic corridor, which would help Myanmar's development plan and needs, will start in China's Yunnan Province, extend to the c...
21 Nov, 2017, 08.09 PM IST
UN chief Antonio Guterres meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisisMore than 600,000 Rohingya have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in two and a half months.
14 Nov, 2017, 01.59 PM IST
UNSC asks Myanmar to end military campaign in Rakhine stateThe 15-membered powerful wing of the UN also demanded safe, unhindered access for its agencies and their partners to provide humanitarian a...
07 Nov, 2017, 01.40 PM IST
Myanmar's Rohingya crisis 'spinning out of control' - aid officialsThe United Nations says killings, arson and rape carried out by troops and ethnic Rakhine Buddhist mobs amount to a campaign of ethnic clea...
26 Oct, 2017, 10.55 PM IST
How the Indian government is keeping Rohingya out85K BSF troops are trying to control the illegal migration around 150 weak spots identified along the border. The tricky topography is just...
15 Oct, 2017, 05.59 AM IST
View: Don’t join hypocrites in condemning MyanmarThe Rohingya issue is thorny for us and glib talk about India’s historical vocation to accept refugees from everywhere is altogether vaporo...
13 Sep, 2017, 12.20 AM IST
View: Keep out Rohingyas. India must practice hard state politicsIndia should resist all attempts to take in large numbers of Rohingya refugees given the possibility of demographic change creating more co...
11 Sep, 2017, 12.18 PM IST