Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: Refugee

“We are dying here:” 90-second call from stranded boat of Rohingyas, boat now in Indian waters

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) urged regional governments to immediately launch a search and rescue operation for a boat reported to be carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees that has been adrift in waters off the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and India for weeks.

25-year-old Zaynab Mohamed among first three black women won in Minnesota’s 164-year history

25-year-old Zaynab Mohamed became the first Black woman elected to the state Legislature’s upper chamber since Minnesota in the United States became a state 164 years ago.

“Enough is enough! Let’s go home”: Rohingyas in Bangladesh demand to go home

Thousands of Rohingyan Muslims living in the camps of Bangladesh staged demonstrations demanding their repatriation back to their homeland on Sunday, a day before world refugee day.

Hasty deportation of Rohingya refugee from Jammu triggers panic

On May 5, the news about the deportation of Jafar Alam, one of the refugees living in Jammu, spread across the community living in...

AAP backs BJP’s hate campaign “Rohingyas, Bangladeshi illegal migrants behind riot”

AAP's official handle has shared a video of AAP leader Atishi Marlena in which she claims that BJP has settled Rohingyas and Bangladeshis illegally in India to perpetrate riots.

“Ugly reality”; Black, Brown people fleeing Ukraine not receiving same treatment as Ukrainian refugees

The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke out on Monday against the “ugly reality” that some refugees fleeing across the Ukraine border, and Third Country Nationals, have been subjected to racism and discrimination.