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Myanmar Rohingya, five years on, desperate to leave Bangladesh camps and go home

Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes.

Reuters

Rohingya call for safe return home, 5 years after Myanmar exodus

Rohingya refugees say they have no future in Bangladesh camps, but situation in Myanmar prevents their return.

Al Jazeera

GCSE student swam Channel during exams to raise money for Ukrainian refugees

Rose Owens, 15, a year 11 pupil at Roedean School, near Brighton, Sussex, got one 8 and the rest 9s despite training for the swim during her exams.

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Rohingya mark ‘Genocide Remembrance Day’

Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since they fled a military offensive in Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

‘It’s a nightmare, every day’: Rohingya in India live in fear

Some 40,000 Rohingya refugees live in India where fears are growing as calls for deportations to Myanmar increase.

Al Jazeera

Aspiring Rohingya teen builds hydraulic mini-excavator from scraps

To demonstrate his desire to become an engineer, a 15-year-old Rohingya refugee has constructed a small-scale hydraulic excavator from spare parts collected among the world's largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.

Reuters

Council funding boosted to get lone migrant children out of hotels

The Refugee Council says there needs to be long-term solutions rather than ‘sticking plaster solutions’

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‘Feeling like prisoners’: The plight of Rohingya refugees today

Five years after crackdown by security forces led to mass exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya remain stuck in ‘cruel limbo’.

Al Jazeera

Women refugees fleeing violence seek safety in South Africa: but they don't find it

When I ran away from home there was no safety, and when I came to South Africa there is no safety; it’s also happening here.

The Conversation

Rohingya crisis: plight of Myanmar’s displaced people explained in 30 seconds

One million Rohingya remain in Bangladeshi refugee camps and the persecuted group has little hope of returning to Myanmar

The Guardian - AU

Rohingya exodus explained in maps and charts

A visual explainer of the crackdown in Myanmar that forced about a million Rohingya to flee their homes.

Al Jazeera

Councils to receive more money to get lone migrant children out of hotels sooner

The changes aim to ensure children get the care they need sooner, and reduce the costs of housing refugees and asylum seekers in hotel rooms.

The Independent UK

Blues, Jews and Ukrainian ballet: the best theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2022

Samira Wiley makes her UK stage debut, there’s an urgent counter to antisemitism, plus a fourth King James, refugee dancers and comedic returns

The Guardian - UK

‘Desperate’ need for Homes for Ukraine hosts as war reaches six-month point

Call for new hosts comes as refugees minister says monthly payments should double amid rising costs

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The Independent UK

Mo, review: Mo Amer’s bittersweet sitcom is exactly the kind of series Netflix should be making more of

Eight-episode comedy focuses on a Palestinian refugee living in Houston, Texas

The News Lens

Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly for Displaced Rohingya People

The International Court of Justice in July allowed a case to proceed alleging that Myanmar performed acts of genocide against the Rohingya after dismissing objections by the junta.

Bristol Post

‘It just breaks my heart’ - hundreds of Ukrainian refugees seek Bristol hosts but none are coming forward

One campaigner says she gets 20 requests for help every day

Bangkok Post

Rohingya refugees cannot be forgotten

I have spent nearly 30 years exposed to emergencies and humanitarian crises. Yet, standing at our "hospital on the hill" in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, now the world's largest refugee camp, I was taken by the sheer scale of this makeshift setting. A jumble of humanity packed together in precarious bamboo…

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WEKU

Ukrainian refugees feel surprisingly at home in Brazil's 'Little Ukraine'

Eight families fled the war and traveled 5,000 miles to Brazil to live in a town settled by Ukrainians over a century ago. The language and customs — and kindnesses — have eased their transition.

The Conversation

Why we should abandon the concept of the 'climate refugee'

It is entirely reasonable to assume that as climate change intensifies, it will result in more human migration and displacement. Images of Bangladeshis seeking refuge from the latest cyclone or Californians fleeing suburban wildfires affirm a sense that climate change is driving the next great migration. And yet the great…

The Independent UK

Government should chip in to help Ukraine Family Scheme members, charity says

The British Red Cross has been supporting Ukrainian refugees since their arrival earlier this year.

Tribune News Service

Grassroots work leads to vaccination success in Georgia refugee community

Naw Mu Chaw had questions about the possible side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Reuters

Rohingya crisis fund is 'well short of needs' - UN refugee agency

An appeal to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is "well short of needs", the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as refugees called on donors not to forget the crisis ahead of the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar.

The Guardian - UK

‘Like an open prison’: a million Rohingya refugees still in Bangladesh camps five years after crisis

Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis

WEKU

Afghan refugee faces murder charge in third Muslim killing

Federal authorities in court filings have pointed to cellphone records and accused one of Syed's sons of possibly helping his father track one of the victims.

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