To save her children, one woman tries — twice — to escape on a smuggler’s boat As smugglers ordered the refugees onto a boat waiting in shallow water, Gul Baher handed her young son to a stranger ...

The drastic cuts in aid from the US and many international donors have forced the closure of thousands of schools and child protection centers in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, pushing many ...

Imagine life in a sprawling, makeshift city of tents and shacks surrounded by fencing to keep people penned in, with no access to education or any way to earn a living, dependent entirely on ...

A Rohingya Muslim woman, who fled from ongoing military operations in Myanmar's Rakhine state, gets off a boat while fleeing to a temporary makeshift camp. (September 2017) (Photo credit: Onur ...

Amid the grim recitation of the realities facing the 1.2 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh came glimmers of hope about the future. The U.N. General Assembly hosts the High-Level Conference on ...

The Rohingya are a stateless minority facing ongoing persecution and violence in Myanmar. Violence against the Rohingya erupted in 2017, forcing over 700,000 to flee to Bangladesh. Now, more than 1.1 ...

Dawood is 19 years old and living in a crowded Rohingya refugee settlement in Bangladesh. He says his life is shattered. In February 2024, the Myanmar military conscripted Dawood and other Rohingya ...

With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that’s been his home since 2017, Maung Sawyeddollah, 21, describes what happened when violent hate ...

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? In early May, 20 Rohingya Muslims and government officials from Bangladesh recently visited Myanmar’s Rakhine State in an effort to urge their ...

Thousands of Rohingya arrive daily at refugee camps. — -- Thousands of Rohingya people arrive daily at refugee camps in the Cox Bazar district of Bangladesh. The vast majority are women, ...

In the recent weeks, there has been a proliferation of social media posts regarding the recent boat arrivals of Rohingya refugees in Aceh. Here are some facts on Rohingya refugees that you need to ...