On February 24th, 2022, Russian forces launched a strongly anticipated “special operation” along the Eastern border of Ukraine; pushing deep into the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and eventually taking the key strategic cities of Mariupol and Kherson. As a result, Europe has witnessed the...
The most recent chapter in a decades-long series of Rohingya refugee crises, which erupted in August 2017, has reignited discussion over the policies and legal structures, or lack thereof, to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Asia. Policy and binding legal frameworks...
Marzhan is a Rohingya mother who has lived in Kutupalong expansion site in Bangladesh since 2017. Marzhan watches her youngest son, Jorin, playing in the dust with a battered toy car, under their shelter constructed of navy plastic sheets and bamboo poles. 37-year-old Marzhan is one...
It’s unlikely Rohingya refugees will be returning to Myanmar in the near future, a leading Belgian think-tank warns. In a new report, the International Crisis Group calls for new ways to accommodate the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh. In the meantime, while humanitarian assistance is on-going, ICG...
Since August 25, more than 671,000 Rohingya have fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape killings and other mass atrocities being conducted in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Xchange arrived shortly after the first Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh and has been collecting data and closely monitoring the developments...
Young Rohingya girls are being trafficked into prostitution, a new investigation finds. BBC News has revealed that women and teenage Rohingya girls between the ages of 13 and 17 are finding themselves drawn into prostitution and forced labour. An undercover team interviewed numerous women and children who...
What happened to the Rohingya refugees after arriving in Bangladesh, what do their households look like, how are they surviving and what kinds of challenges do they face? These are just some of the questions we shared with MOAS as last year’s Rohingya Survey launched. What...
A new report highlights the experiences of Rohingya children in the refugee camps, six months on from their arrival. ‘Childhood Interrupted’ was conducted by Save the Children, World Vision and Plan International and it outlines the abuses and fears young refugees face on a daily basis....
Mass graves containing Rohingya villagers has been confirmed by the Associated Press News Agency. Through interviews with over twenty survivors and relatives along with satellite pictures and verified video evidence gathered from mobile phone footage in the aftermath, AP has been able to uncover five mass...
How does the Rohingya refugee community keep itself going and what support do the Rohingya need? These are questions that Xchange is busy looking into for our new Snapshot Survey, in Unichiprang and Shamlapur refugee camps, Bangladesh. In this guest podcast, MOAS tries to answer these questions by...