The ‘Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices of the Rohingya’ report by Plan International, wanted to understand the perspectives and quality of life of refugee girls between the ages of 10 and 19. Through 300 interviews, the report identified issues surrounding food security, access to water and...
The document calls on the ICC to investigate recent crimes and atrocities committed against Rohingya. Human rights lawyers and prosecutors are using an unconventional technicality of human rights law which states that human rights abuses are still being committed against Rohingya in Bangladesh, by virtue of...
The Myanmar government is committed to Repatriation but there’s still no details of how or when the process will begin. The Joint Working Group made up of members of the Bangladesh and Myanmar governments, met on Thursday to discuss the return of Rohingya, with both sides...
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...
Drugs are fueling instability inside Bangladesh’s refugee camps, the AFP news agency is reporting. It’s understood that unemployed Rohingya are becoming drug runners for a criminal organization back in Myanmar and with those responsible for forcing them out. Methamphetamine pills or ‘Yaba’ as they’re known, are...
A UN Security Council delegation is calling for the safe return of Rohingya refugees and a bringing to justice of those responsible for crimes committed against them. At a press conference held in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw, UK Ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce, told...
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...
The first reported family to be returned to Myanmar wasn’t repatriation, Bangladesh says. According to a Facebook post by the Myanmar government, a family of five were returned home from the border regions between both countries. The post shows images of five ‘Muslim’ people being given...
New survey highlights protection issues and everyday struggle of Rohingya refugees ahead of potentially deadly rains (COX’S BAZAR, March 14, 2018)—Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face unemployment and restrictions on access to education for children, raising protection concerns, according to data from a survey that forms the...
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...