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STORY OF THE DAY • May 19, 2023 • 6 min read

Natural disaster Already desperate, Rohingya camps battered by Cyclone Mocha

By Beatrice Siviero • May 19, 2023
With lashing rain and wind speeds as great as 280 kilometres per hour, the storm once again underlined the vulnerability of the Muslim minority group both as refugees in Bangladesh and as internally displaced people in their native Myanamar

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 16, 2023 • 9 min read

Rohingya Myanmar Bangladesh joint offensive cracks down on Rohingya

By Shafiur Rahman • Feb 16, 2023
Leaked documents from a senior meeting of Myanmar junta officials reveal an unexpected collaboration between the Myanmar military and Bangladesh forces on operations against the ARSA Rohingya insurgent group

Dec 20, 2022 • 9 min read
Migrant workers

Remembering Singapore’s Little India Riots

Nine years on from Singapore’s worst case of public violence in decades, the city-state’s migrant workers still face exploitation at the hands of profiteering employers and precarious job security
By Amanda Oon • Dec 20, 2022

Jun 22, 2021 • 6 min read
Rohingya crisis

Understanding the death of Saiful, a child refugee on Bhasan Char

Only five months after being relocated to the island of Bhasan Char off the coast of Bangladesh, the life of 10-year-old Rohingya Saiful would come to an abrupt end in May. Today, his death shines a light on the treatment of refugees from the persecuted ethnic group
By Shafiur Rahman • Jun 22, 2021

Jan 21, 2021 • 8 min read
Rohingya crisis

Burning camps, island relocation and repatriation talks as Rohingya await fate

With refugee camps burning, relocation to the island of Bhasan Char under way, and a potentially significant three-way meeting held this week between China, Myanmar and Bangladesh raising the issue of repatriation – the Rohingya refugee population is in a state of flux
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 21, 2021

Jan 19, 2021 • 2 min read
Refugees

‘Arson’ destroys four UNICEF schools in Rohingya camps

Unicef has said four of its schools in a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's southeast were burnt down in an arson attack, coming just less than a week after hundreds of refugee homes were burnt down
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 19, 2021

Dec 28, 2020 • 3 min read
Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh moves more Rohingya to controversial island

Bangladesh started moving a second group of 1,000 Rohingya refugees to Bashan Char, a controversial flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, despite opposition from rights activists
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 28, 2020

Dec 15, 2020 • 9 min read
Migration

Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion

Boatloads of Rohingya landing across Southeast Asia are victims of complex human trafficking networks run by a dizzying web of players, from crime bosses and corrupt cops to poor fishermen, rickshaw drivers and even Rohingya themselves
By Sam Jahan, Haeril Halim and Peter Brieger/AFP • Dec 15, 2020