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300 Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia after being stranded at sea for mont
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 7 (ANI): Nearly 300 Rohingya refugees reached Aceh province in Indonesia on Monday after they were stranded at sea for the last six months, according to media reports.
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COVID-19: Delhi HC disposes of plea seeking relief for Rohingya refugees,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Delhi High Court has disposed of a plea seeking relief packages for Rohingya refugees during COVID-19 pandemic with a direction to the petitioner to approach the nodal officers concerned, who will decide on the representation within three working days.
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UN urges Bangladesh to take in 500 Rohingyas stranded at sea
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Bangladesh to "immediately allow" two boats with 500 Rohingya refugees onboard "to come ashore and receive necessary food, water and health care."
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15 killed as boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes near Saint Martin's
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 12 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsized near Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday (local time), reported CNN citing Bangladeshi authorities.
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Bangladesh orders telecom operators to stop services in Rohingya camps
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sep 3 (ANI): Bangladesh's telecommunications authority has ordered all mobile phone operators to stop telecommunication services and sale of sim cards to almost one million Rohingya refugees living in Cox's Bazar camps.
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Rohingyas mark 2nd anniversary of exodus after Myanmar crackdown
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 25 (ANI): Thousands of Rohingyas on Sunday marked the second anniversary of the crackdown launched against the refugee community in northwest Rakhine state by the Myanmar military two years ago.
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Jammu: Massive fire razes shanties of labourers, Rohingyas
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 3 (ANI): Nearly 150 shanties, including 41 of Rohingya refugees, were gutted in a massive fire in Jammu in the early hours of Monday.
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Over 270,000 Rohingya refugees receive first ID cards: UN
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday confirmed that more than 270,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been registered and provided with identity cards (ID) for the first time in an attempt to safeguard their right to voluntarily return home to Myanmar in
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Do not forget the Rohingya: UN urges global community for help
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday urged the international community not to forget the plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and called for global support to ensure their safe and voluntary return to Myanmar.
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Rohingyas hold hunger strike at Saudi detention centre
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Apr 18 (ANI): Around 650 Rohingya refugees held in a Saudi detention centre on Wednesday went on hunger strike to protest against their indefinite detention in the Gulf country for the third time in recent months.
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Bangladesh security forces 'pushed' Rohingya refugees into Indian territor
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Rayermura (Tripura) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): The BSF on Sunday said that the 31 Rohingya refugees apprehended from the 'zero line' between India and Bangladesh's border near Tripura's Rayemura were "pushed" by the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).
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International pressure needed on Myanmar for safe return of Rohingyas: Ban
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Bangladesh government has reiterated its call for sustaining the international pressure on Myanmar for safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh to escape atrocities.
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