Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Mohammad Alam, a Rohingya refugee, has been working with IOM to keep his community informed following the fire at Cox's Bazar.
IOM/Mashrif Abdullah Al

UN launches response plan to ‘safeguard the well-being and dignity’ of Rohingya in Bangladesh 

18 May 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, the Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a $943 million plan on Tuesday to “safeguard the well-being and dignity” of Rohingya refugees in the country and their host communities. 

Children raise their hands to answer a question in class at a UNICEF learning space in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (8 July 2019).
© UNICEF Patrick Brown

Two years after exodus, Myanmar’s ‘desperate’ Rohingya youth need education, skills: UNICEF

16 August 2019
Migrants and Refugees

The daily struggle to survive for Myanmar’s Rohingya people in one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, has caused “overwhelming” despair and jeopardized the hopes of an entire generation, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said on Friday.

A UNHCR officer helps register Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (24 July 2019)
© UNHCR/Caroline Gluck

More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency

9 August 2019
Humanitarian Aid

More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.

Two Kachin soldiers stand guard opposite a Chinese dam in northern Kachin state, where more than 85,000 people have been displaced by conflict. Photo: IRIN/Steve Sandford
IRIN/Steve Sandford

Myanmar companies bankroll ‘brutal operations’ of military, independent UN experts claim in new report  

5 August 2019
Human Rights

Money earned by the Myanmar military from international and domestic business deals, “substantially enhances its ability to carry out gross violations of human rights with impunity” according to a report released on Monday by an independent United Nations group looking into military-business ties in the South East Asian country. 

Residents of the Muslim Ward known as Aung Mingalar in the town of Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
OCHA/P.Peron

Parliamentary bid to democratize Myanmar constitution a ‘positive development’ says UN rights expert

7 February 2019
Human Rights

A newly formed parliamentary committee to amend Myanmar’s problematic constitution was welcomed as a positive move on Thursday by Yanghee Lee, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Bangladesh ‘disappointed’ at lack of progress in alleviating plight of Rohingya, Prime Minister tells UN Assembly

27 September 2018
Migrants and Refugees

The world cannot ignore or remain silent over the plight of the Rohingya people – driven from their homes in Myanmar and sheltering in Bangladesh – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, urging world leaders for an early and peaceful solution to the massive refugee crisis.

Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar flee to Bangladesh after facing brutal persecution that UN officials have said may amount to crimes against humanity.
UNHCR/Roger Arnold

Myanmar military leaders must face genocide charges – UN report

27 August 2018
Human Rights

Top military commanders in Myanmar should be investigated and prosecuted for the “gravest” crimes against civilians under international law, including genocide, United Nations-appointed investigators said on Monday.

Rohingya refugees are still living in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh a year after they fled Myanmar.
© UNFPA Bangladesh/Carly Learson

Rohingya emergency one year on: UN says thousands of lives saved, but challenges remain

24 August 2018
Humanitarian Aid

Significant progress has been made in protecting hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the 12 months since they fled violence in Myanmar, but lives “will once again be at risk” if funding is not urgently secured, UN officials said on Friday.