A group of 41 migrants who were rescued from a drifting vessel off Greece have reported that as many as 500 people may have died when their vessel sunk at an unconfirmed location between Libya and Greece. [caption id="attachment_5746" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Stock photo of migrant boat off Libya...
UPDATED: At least 21 Rohingya Muslims were killed on Tuesday morning after their boat capsized off the coast of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar, which is home to large IDP camps. One-third of the roughly 60 passengers on board remain unaccounted for, according...
As a new government takes over, political tensions chafe in Myanmar's ethnically divided westernmost state [caption id="attachment_5624" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Rohingya children at Say Tha Mar Gyi IDP camp, near Sittwe, Myanmar, on May 26, 2015 (Alex Bookbinder).[/caption] A new civilian president was sworn into office in Myanmar on March...
The end of ‘emergency rule’ and limited returns by displaced Rohingyas are positive developments in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State – but the core issues remain unaddressed [caption id="attachment_5579" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A woman and two young children walk on the outskirts of Say Tha Mar Gyi IDP...
Global search and rescue charity MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) will begin a new mission in South East Asia on March 3 in the Andaman Sea. [caption id="attachment_5489" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A fishing vessel sits on a beach in Teknaf, Bangladesh, from where thousands of migrants take...
[caption id="attachment_5471" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] An empty rubber dinghy left floating after the 104 migrants and refugees had been rescued by the private NGO, Migrant Offshore Aid Station ship The Phoenix about 30 miles from the Libyan shore from where they had set out from 12...