Rohingya people
Myanmar generals face EU sanctions
The European Union will start preparing sanctions against Myanmar generals over killings of Rohingya Muslims by formally calling on the bloc’s foreign policy chief next week to draw up a list of possible names, two diplomats said.
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Bangladesh to meet with Myanmar on Rohingya trapped at border
Representatives from Bangladesh and Myanmar will meet on Feb. 20 to discuss the repatriation to Myanmar of more than 6,500 Rohingya Muslims trapped on a strip of unclaimed land between the two countries, Bangladeshi officials said.
Myanmar says it’s ready to take back Rohingya Muslims
A Myanmar minister told Bangladesh’s president that Myanmar is ready to take back Rohingya Muslims who fled violence, though Bangladesh said it wanted the hundreds of thousands of refugees to have a safe and dignified return.
UK’s Johnson meets Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson met with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar’s capital on Feb. 11 to press for action on the Rohingya crisis, as the country faces mounting pressure to punish troops accused of atrocities against the Muslim minority.
Rohingya abuses could spark regional conflict: UN rights chief
The U.N. human rights chief warned Monday that possible acts of “genocide and ethnic cleansing” against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority could fuel a religious-based conflict that spreads beyond the country’s borders.
Rohingya in no man’s land caught in repatriation limbo
With a barbed wire fence on one side and a putrid creek on the other, 6,000 Rohingya Muslims in a strip of land between Bangladesh and Myanmar anxiously wait to see if they will be sent back to homes few want to return to.
Rohingya plight even worse than media portrayals, US defense chief says
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Jan. 23 that the plight of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar was even worse than media portrayals.
Tensions in Rohingya camps before return to Myanmar
Tensions mounted on Jan. 21 at refugee camps in Bangladesh holding hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims over an operation to send them back to Myanmar, from where they have fled following a military crackdown.
Greece, Europe and the refugee crisis
There is an irony to the phrase "European refugee crisis." If you are in Africa, the Middle East or South Asia, you know that the refugee crisis is felt most acutely in countries neighboring those in conflict. Now is the time for Europeans to address the seriousness of the issues we face. Greece is a good place to start, since it has been in the eye of the storm.
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More Rohingya flee Myanmar as Bangladesh prepares to start repatriation
More than 100 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar in one day, with the latest refugees saying army operations are continuing in troubled Rakhine State, raising doubts about plans to send back 655,500 who had already fled.