Rohingya

Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars
UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022
Kaamil Ahmed
18, Jan, 2023 @2:43 PM

More than 100 Rohingya refugees jailed for trying to flee Myanmar camps
Children among those arrested last month as they waited for transport to take them to Malaysia
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
11, Jan, 2023 @5:53 AM

Rohingya refugees bet lives on boat crossings despite rising death toll
Woman recounts suffering on perilous journeys taken to escape oppression in Myanmar and squalid Bangladesh camps
Shaikh Azizur Rahman and Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
08, Jan, 2023 @9:54 AM

About 180 Rohingya refugees feared dead after boat goes missing
Contact lost for weeks with vessel that left camps in Bangladesh and was crossing Andaman Sea bound for Malaysia
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shaikh Azizur Rahman
27, Dec, 2022 @5:44 AM

Activists appeal for rescue of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea in leaking boat
Vessel thought to have embarked from Bangladesh is reportedly near Malaysia with 160 people onboard who have no food or water
Rebecca Ratcliffe
10, Dec, 2022 @1:38 PM

World has left Bangladesh to shelter 1m Rohingya refugees alone, says minister
Official criticises international community for doing ‘absolutely nothing’ to press Myanmar’s junta to guarantee a safe return
Kaamil Ahmed
26, Oct, 2022 @11:59 AM

Midwives review – a Muslim and a Buddhist grapple with childbirth in strife-torn Myanmar
Sombre documentary shot over five years follows two healthcare workers as they deliver babies in a brutally divided society
Peter Bradshaw
28, Sep, 2022 @10:00 AM

‘This is our documentary of the crisis we face’: the Rohingya smartphone photographers
Refugees who have fled Myanmar describe the risks and their sense of duty – as well as joy – in recording life around them in the sprawling camps of Bangladesh
Kaamil Ahmed
29, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM

Women behind the lens: silent and alone, Nur hopes for a greener future
In the sweltering summer of the Rohingya refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar, Ishrat Fori Imran photographed a young girl planting tiny trees in bottle tops
Ishrat Fori Imran
26, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM

UK’s former Myanmar ambassador arrested in Yangon, report says
Vicky Bowman and Burmese husband Htein Lin detained and charged with immigration offences
Geneva Abdul, Rebecca Ratcliffe and Aung Naing Soe
25, Aug, 2022 @8:21 AM

Five years after the crackdown, Myanmar’s remaining Rohingya ‘living like animals’
While 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar after 25 August 2017, 600,000 remain, facing harsh restrictions on movement, persecution and poverty
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
25, Aug, 2022 @6:08 AM

Rohingya crisis – plight of Myanmar’s displaced people explained in 30 seconds
One million Rohingya remain in Bangladeshi refugee camps and the persecuted group has little hope of returning to Myanmar
Kaamil Ahmed
25, Aug, 2022 @5:44 AM
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