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By Adel Thabeti TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): Tunisia said Wednesday 10 migrants drowned and 76 others were rescued in two illegal attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe. In a statement, National Guard spokesman Hosam Eddin Al-Jababli said the bodies of 10 migrants were recovered after their boat capsized off Tunisia’s coast. He added that […]

7th Mar 2023

Bangladesh: Fire at Cox’s Bazar leaves 12,000 Rohingya refugees homeless

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): A large fire that swept through a camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar has impacted around 12,000 Rohingya refugees, causing considerable damage at the world’s largest refugee camp, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. Around 2,000 shelters were destroyed in Sunday’s fire while many affected refugees lost all their […]

2nd Aug 2022

Palestine: Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank

By Ahmed Asmar ANKARA (AA) : A young Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces in a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said Dirar al-Kafrini, 17, was shot with an expanding bullet in the shoulder, and admitted to hospital in Jenin city but later […]

21st Nov 2021

75 migrants drowned off coasts of Libya

(Agencies): At least 75 migrants drowned off the coasts of Libya as they attempted to reach Italy by boat., the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Saturday. “Over 75 migrants drowned on Wednesday (Nov. 17) after departing from Libya, according to 15 survivors rescued by fishermen and brought to (the coastal Libyan city of) […]

30th Sep 2021

Bangladesh: Popular Rohingya leader gunned down in Cox’s refugee camp

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A prominent Rohingya leader was shot dead in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Wednesday night. Mohibullah, head of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, was gunned down outside his office in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, a witness told Anadolu Agency. “Seven […]

21st Jul 2021

Bangladesh: Fire guts over 60 Rohingya tents at Cox’s Bazar camp

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): More than 60 makeshift tents of Rohingya refugees at a camp in Bangladesh’s southern Cox’s Bazar district were gutted in a fire late Tuesday, according to Rohingya and official sources. “We primarily came to know that the fire originated from a cooking gas cylinder of a Rohingya tent […]

17th Apr 2021

Tunisia: At least 40 people drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): At least 41 people have perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Sidi Mansour in southeastern Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, UN refugee and migration agencies said on Friday. The bodies of 41 people, including at least one child, have so far been retrieved […]

26th Mar 2021

Bangladesh: Fire destroyed Rohingyas shelters but not dreams

By Md. Kamruzzaman COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA): Ten-year-old Rukiya Begum is one of the dozens of Rohingya children and teenagers in Bangladesh’s refugee camps who lost everything, including educational support, in Monday’s deadliest fire that killed at least 15 members of the persecuted community and injured over 500 others, according to the UN. The […]

6th Dec 2020

Bangladesh urged to halt Rohingya relocation to remote island

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A Europe-based Rohingya rights group on Saturday expressed concern over Bangladesh’s plan to relocate more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island. “We urge the international community, including the newly elected United States administration, South Asian nations, civil society groups and international organizations to help and persuade the […]

3rd Oct 2020

Rohingya Muslims raise funds for Buddhists displaced by Myanmar army

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Despite their own hardships, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have donated funds to help Buddhists displaced due to the ongoing conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Rohingya community leaders said on Friday. Nearly 200,000 people, mostly Buddhist civilians, have been displaced across Rakhine state since late 2018 when clashes started […]

16th Sep 2020

Libya: 24 migrants die as boat sinks off Libyan coast

By Bayram Altug GENEVA (AA) – At least 24 people died when a rubber boat carrying irregular migrants sank Tuesday on the Mediterranean Sea near Libya, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Libyan Coast Guard teams detected three rubber boats carrying irregular migrants. One of the boats capsized, killing the victims, IOM […]

8th Sep 2020

UN welcomes Indonesia’s acceptance of Rohingya refugees

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday welcomed the landing of approximately 300 Rohingya refugees on the northern coast of Aceh, Indonesia, after seven months at sea. An unknown number of the refugees need medical attention after their ordeal, said the UNHCR. Among the group, two of three are […]

22nd Aug 2020

UN: New solutions needed 3 years after Rohingya crisis

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, called Friday for renewed solutions for displaced and stateless Rohingya communities inside and outside Myanmar. The agency said nearly 900,000 are refugees in Bangladesh, three years after a crisis there peaked. UNHCR spokesmsn Andrej Mahecic said at a Geneva news conference that the international community […]

12th Jun 2020

Malaysia, Thailand urged to rescue stranded Rohingya Muslims

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): Malaysia and Thailand were urged on Friday to rescue the stranded Rohingya Muslims with immediate aid and access to asylum. In a statement, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Malaysian authorities had detained 269 Rohingya refugees who arrived on a damaged boat off Malaysia’s coast at Langkawi last Monday. […]

2nd Mar 2020

Over 100,500 migrants leave Turkey to reach Europe

By Sena Guler and Jeyhun Aliyev ANKARA (AA): The number of irregular migrants leaving Turkey for Europe has reached 100,577 as of Sunday evening, Suleyman Soylu said. The migrants are leaving Turkey through northwestern Edirne province bordering with Greece and Bulgaria. Thousands of migrants flocked to Pazarkule, a border gate with Greece, after Turkish […]

15th Nov 2019

Bangladesh: Over 100 Rohingya refugees rescued off Bangladesh coast

By Omer Faruk Yıldız KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AA): More than 100 Rohingya refugees were rescued Friday before their wooden boat sank off the southern coast of Bangladesh. According to a statement from the Bangladesh Coast Guard, the refugees were attempting to travel to Malaysia illegally. The engine broke down while the boat was off […]

26th Jul 2019

Libya: 115 migrants missing in boat wreck off Libyan coast

By Walid Abdullah TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): Some 115 irregular migrants are missing after a boat wreck off Libya’s western coast, the navy of the country’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Thursday. Some 250 irregular migrants were aboard when the boat capsized, the navy said in a statement. Some 134 migrants were rescued […]

20th Jun 2019

415,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey since 2011

By Muhammet Emin Avundukluoglu ANKARA (AA): More than 400,000 Syrian babies have been born in Turkey since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, said an official from Turkey’s Interior Ministry. “The population of Syrians in Turkey is a young one, as [only] around 100,000 among 3.6 million Syrians in Turkey are […]

13th May 2019

Tunisia: 37 Bangladeshi migrants drown off Tunisian coast

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 37 Bangladeshi nationals drowned after a migrant boat, which was heading to Europe from Libya, capsized off the coast Tunisia, local media reported on Sunday. According to the United News of Bangladesh news agency, ASM Ashraful Islam, labor counsellor of the Bangladesh’s Embassy in Tripoli […]

11th May 2019

Myanmar: Rohingya Muslim schools, shops set on fire

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): An extremist group allegedly set Rohingya shops and schools on fire in the Kun Taing village in Myanmar’s Buthidaung township late Thursday, according to a report. “This is a Muslim village. We have been living here peacefully for generations. We welcome other religious groups in our village. We […]

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