Migrants and Refugees

Over 720,000 members of Myanmar's Rohingya community have sought refuge in Bangladesh after widespread ethnic violence erupted in the country's Rakhine province.
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Concern rising over fate of Rohingya refugees sent home by India: UNHCR

5 October 2018
Asia Pacific

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has voiced ‘great concern’ for the safety and security of seven Rohingya men who have been sent home by Indian authorities, after reportedly being denied access to lawyers, or full consideration of their asylum applications.

Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection visits Mahama refugee camp, in Rwanda.
UNHCR/Eugene Sibomana

'Endless volley of assaults’ aimed at refugees: protection chief calls for ‘humane dialogue’

4 October 2018

“Noise, chatter, shrillness, lack of civility, and harsh language,” surround the public debate over refugees, who face a “seemingly endless volley of assaults,” said the UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR) Assistant High Commissioner for Protection on Thursday.