Rohingya Issue

The Rohingya community tries to build a life in hardscrabble colony as home ministry denies they would be shifted to flats

Continuing the row over accommodation of Rohingyas in the national capital, Delhi BJP on Thursday trained guns at the Kejriwal government claiming its officials wrote letter after letter requesting that the "infiltrators" be provided EWS flats. The Kejriwal government has not provided even proper electricity connection to the Pakistani Hindu refugees living in a camp here, but it ensured proper accommodation, food and all other facilities for Rohingyas, alleged Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta. "There were numerous communications from the home department of Delhi government and its district magistrate(south east) to FRRO, NDMC, and the DCP concerned for providing EWS flats to Rohingyas," Gupta claimed. "Kejriwal government has a duty to identify illegal infiltrators living in the city instead it is busy protecting them. Chief Minister Kejriwal is concerned about infiltrators not refugees," he said. The central government and Delhi government agencies were working on the option to sh

No sooner did the union minister Hardeep Puri hail giving Rohingyas a permanent shelter than the MHA denied any such order

The United Nations' highest court is ruling Friday on whether to proceed with a landmark case that accuses Myanmar's rulers of genocide against the country's mainly Muslim Rohingya minority

The US co-sponsored a resolution led by the EU that highlighted ongoing human rights concerns, including for Rohingya and recalled developments since February 1 in the 46th session of UNHRC

Facebook continues to face flak for failing to prevent hate speech from spreading as four rights groups have claimed that the social networking giant played a role in the 2017 violence in Myanmar

The government estimates that 40,000 Rohingya live in India in camps across the country

Efforts to begin repatriation remain stalled 9 months after a bilateral memorandum of understanding between Myanmar and Bangladesh

Over 95% of Rohingya reporters are said to have gone missing

'Nobody is allowed to have any lights on after sunset in this region, or be outside at all'

The report by the Inter Sector Coordination Group of the UN includes data up to October 14

Mizoram shares a 404-km international border with Myanmar and a 318-km border with Bangladesh

It will be better that Pak takes away Rohingya Muslims if Masood Azhar is so fond of them: t will be better that Pakistan takes away Rohingya Muslims if Masood Azhar is so fond of them

The govt has already secured deals to buy rice from Vietnam and Cambodia as domestic stocks diminished

The Centre told the apex court that Rohingya Muslims were "illegal" immigrants in the country and may pose serious national security ramifications

Whatever the Government of India does, it will be in the nation's interest: Kiren Rijiju

On September 7, Turkey's foreign aid agency, TIKA, became the first foreign outfit to deliver an initial shipment of 1000 tons of basic foodstuffs and medicine to the conflict zone in Rakhine

The Rohingya have faced violence and discrimination in the majority-Buddhist country for decades, but are now fleeing in unprecedented numbers