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The US and other Western countries have been reducing their funding, prioritising their defence spending instead.
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Essential services for the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh are at risk of ...
It said the monthly food rations will be halved from $12.5 to $6 per person beginning from April, marking a significant reduction in rations which charities say were already insufficient. “There ...
Rohingya activists warn of “a repeated cycle: fragmentation, new group names, personal ambitions replacing real strategy.” ...
However, in January the military admitted involvement in the killing of 10 Rohingya buried in a mass grave. The UN and the US say they believe the violence constitutes ethnic cleansing.
Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, on Wednesday called the decision “shocking”. The US quietly removed sanctions on five individuals and companies allegedly tied to the ...
UN Expert Calls For Regional Action on Rohingya Boat Arrivals Over the past 10 days, more than 1,000 Rohingya civilians have landed in western Indonesia after perilous ocean journeys from Bangladesh.
When the Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) unveiled itself on July 13, Bangladeshi and other news sites obligingly ...
Under an agreement signed by Yangon and Dhaka, Rohingya refugees should have started to return to Myanmar in January. But the UN and rights groups say the move is dangerously premature.
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement on Thursday, said at least 40 Rohingya refugees were detained in New Delhi and cast into the sea by the Indian navy near ...
Grandi said financial contributions for Rohingya relief have declined, and the U.N.’s mission plan for this year is “barely 40% funded,” a sharp drop from about 60%-70% in previous years.