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STORY OF THE DAY • May 15, 2020 • 4 min read

Cox's Bazar First Covid-19 case found in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

By Shafiqul Alam and Sam Jahan/AFP • May 15, 2020
Bangladeshi officials announced on May 15 that a first person tested positive in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. The world's largest refugee settlement and home to one million people living in overcrowded conditions, fears are that it will rapidly spread

STORY OF THE DAY • May 13, 2020 • 7 min read

Refugee rights Once a safe haven, anti-Rohingya sentiment in Malaysia is growing

By Andrew Haffner • May 13, 2020
Malaysia, once a safe haven for thousands of Rohingya, is witnessing a shift in attitude towards the persecuted and displaced minority group from Myanmar. Fuelled by misinformation and government rhetoric, anti-Rohingya sentiment is growing online

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 13, 2020 • 9 min read

Tales of the Pandemic The view from inside Singapore’s migrant dorms

By Md Sharif Uddin • Apr 13, 2020
In April, Singapore put several dormitories housing 20,000 migrant workers under lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19, prompting criticism about conditions. Writer and Bangladeshi migrant worker Md Sharif Uddin gives his account from inside

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2020 • 6 min read

Rohingya photography A life in pictures

By Andrew Haffner • Mar 26, 2020
Driven from their homes and living in arduous conditions, three Rohingya refugees have been equipped with smart phones and trained in photography in order to document day-to-day life in Bangladesh's refugee camps

Mar 19, 2020 • 10 min read
Refugee camps and COVID-19

When social distancing isn’t an option

As the world locks down and social distancing goes into full effect to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh don’t hold such a luxury. What happens if the virus takes hold in the world’s most vulnerable communities?
By Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner • Mar 19, 2020

Jul 16, 2018 • 8 min read
Rohingya Crisis

The great tragedy

Despite the hopelessness of their situation, Rohingya refugee volunteers are pushing back against their plight to provide crucial support to their community
By Johan Smits • Jul 16, 2018

Mar 12, 2018 • 7 min read
Rohingya crisis

Refugees’ uncertain road to repatriation

A campaign of state-orchestrated violence has seen Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority fleeing their homes into neighbouring Bangladesh. The countries are talking of repatriating the refugees, but is such a move feasible?
By Musaazi Namiti • Mar 12, 2018

Nov 24, 2017 • 3 min read
Myanmar-Bangladesh agreement

Thousands of fleeing Rohingya could be forced back to Rakhine State

The Myanmar and Bangladeshi governments have announced that they will begin repatriating Muslim Rohingya back to Myanmar within two months, amid concerns of the safety and sustainability of such a scheme
By Madeleine Keck • Nov 24, 2017

Apr 04, 2017 • 9 min read
Citizenship

Forever lost: the Rohingya who sacrificed their identity

At the heart of the Rohingya’s decades-long struggle in Myanmar lies a question of identity, along with a desire for citizenship and the basic rights that come with it. But even for those Muslims that can now call themselves Myanmar citizens, life remains a constant struggle
By Carlos Sardiña Galache • Apr 04, 2017