Tag: Migrant Rights
Kalla: Indonesia Must Push Myanmar to End Persecution of Rohingya
Vice President Jusuf Kalla says Indonesia must push Myanmar to end the discrimination and violence against the country’s Rohingya ethnic minority, as the influx of asylum seekers fleeing the country grows into an international concern.
By Yuli Krisna & Yoseph Kelen on 09:58 pm Jun 03, 2015
Bandung/Kupang. Vice President Jusuf...
Indonesia transferring 65 migrants denied by Australia
More than 60 asylum seekers who have been stranded on a southern Indonesian island since being turned away by Australia will be transferred to immigration authorities, according to police Tuesday.
by Erol Ersoy - Jun 3, 2015
Police say 4 women including 1 who is pregnant, 2 children and 1 toddler...
Burma’s Nowhere People
There are more than 50 million displaced people in the world today, the most since the end of World War II. Yet few of them have survived the kind of horrific journey that 12-year-old Atahurahman endured.
Hannah Beech/Aceh @hkbeech | June 4, 2015
Thousands of migrants have fled oppression only to...
Accounts from Rohingya boat people
Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma and Bangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said on 27 May.
by admin - 4 Jun 2015
A denial of rights in Burma and Bangladesh led to...
PM Nawaz forms cabinet committee on relief efforts for Rohingya
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday constituted a federal cabinet committee to suggest measures and relief efforts that Pakistan can undertake for Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims.
Mateen Haider — Updated Jun 06, 2015 07:26pm
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday constituted a federal cabinet committee to suggest measures and relief efforts...
Exodus reveals flaws in Asean
The deaths and mass exodus of the Rohingya boat people have shaken the principle of non-interference in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to humanitarian experts.
6 Jun 2015 at 06:17 | WRITER: ACHARA ASHAYAGACHAT
The deaths and mass exodus of the Rohingya boat people have shaken the principle...
Persecution not the cause of migrant crisis: Myanmar
Myanmar said on Thursday that persecution of its Rohingya Muslim population was not the cause of Southeast Asia's migrant crisis, a day after the United States called on the country to give full rights to the minority to help end the exodus.
>>Reuters
Published: 2015-06-04 21:31:33.0 BdST Updated: 2015-06-04 21:31:33.0 BdST
President...
In Focus: Rohingya persecution in Myanmar ‘is ethnic cleansing’
The plight of the persecuted Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar has been highlighted in recent weeks after thousands of people fled the South-east Asian country asking for asylum.
IB Times By Ludovica Iaccino | June 5, 2015 8:00 AM
The plight of the persecuted Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar has been highlighted in...
Rakhine State NGOs Object to Boat People in Myanmar
Thirty nongovernmental organizations issued a statement on Friday expressing concern about the nearly 1,000 boat people that are being held in temporary shelters in western Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state after being found adrift in the sea near the country last month.
2015-06-05
Thirty nongovernmental organizations issued a statement on Friday expressing...
As Asean Stumbles, Indonesia Must Find New Path to Aid Rohingya Refugees
By Andreyka Natalegawa on 12:38 am Jun 05, 2015
Jakarta. Human rights defenders from the Southeast Asian region and abroad have criticized Asean’s recent efforts to contain the Rohingya refugee crisis, claiming that the initiatives do not fully address the persecution of minority groups within Myanmar.
“Asean must consider all its...
