Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps hungry and in debt
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2018
Fleeing Rohingya Muslims sold ration books to help pay hundreds of dollars to traffickers in order to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat, only to be stopped at sea and forced back destitute, the refugees told AFP on Friday.
Human trafficking ‘rife’ in Rohingya camps: aid agencies
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017
Widowed and alone 21-year-old Umme Kulthum had hoped for a fresh start in Bangladesh, but was forced into prostitution instead, falling victim to what aid groups and officials say is a growing trafficking scourge targeting refugees.
Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh that has grown into one of the world's largest refugee settlements in just weeks.
WHO warns of cholera threat in Bangladesh Rohingya camps
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - The World Health Organisation warned Monday of a growing risk of a cholera outbreak in the makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh where some 436,000 Rohingya Muslims have sought shelter from unrest in Myanmar.
Myanmar forces kill 3 in raid on 'terrorist training camps': state media
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017
YANGON - Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim militants in the north of Rakhine state, state media reported on Thursday.
Yangon - Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was not immediately clear where the inhabitants would go.