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February 10, 2021

Persecution, dire living conditions keep pushing Rohingya to seek better refuge

Aslam Abd Jalil, The University of Queensland and Atin Prabandari, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Continued persecution in Myanmar and dire living condition in Bangladesh push Rohingya people to keep seeking refuge.

Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, which currently hosts almost a million people. © Istiakh Ahmed

December 1, 2020

How do you self-isolate in a refugee camp?

Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, United Nations University

For these extremely vulnerable populations, the pandemic has added pressure to already strained living conditions and healing processes.

A Rohingya boy looks out from trucks carrying detained Rohingya Muslims who fled by boat from Rakhine State in KyaukTan township, about 100 kilometres from Yangon, Myanmar, in November 2018. The group had unsuccessfully tried to sail to Malaysia. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

July 4, 2019

The global Rohingya diaspora throws lifelines to Bangladesh and Myanmar

Yuriko Cowper-Smith, University of Guelph

Equipped with rights, knowledge and skills, the global Rohingya diaspora is poised to be influential against the genocidal regime that seeks to erase their people.

Rohingya refugees stand in a queue to collect aid supplies in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar 21 Jan. 2018. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

February 13, 2018

The Rohingya repatriation deal: what is at stake and what needs to be done

Atin Prabandari, Universitas Gadjah Mada and Dio Herdiawan Tobing, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Vast numbers of Rohingyas in the region are stateless, living in limbo. Therefore, the Rohingya repatriation deal, its terms, delay and successful implementation impacts upon the lives of millions.

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