Three Rohingya refugees suffocated to death while packed into trucks in Thailand, with two suspected people-smugglers arrested on Oct 18, police said. The mainly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in war-torn western Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia through Thailand. A passing monk found two dead Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Rohingya refugees’
Caritas appeals for aid – Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Global Catholic charity Caritas Internationalis is appealing for help. It needs to raise US$7 million to aid Rohingya refugees. The refugees are victims of conflicts in Myanmar. “We must not forget the Rohingya people or take the support of the Bangladesh Government for granted” says Alistair Dutton, Caritas’s secretary general. Help the most vulnerable Rohingya Read more
Caritas chief lauds Bangladesh for supporting Rohingya refugees
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022Caritas Internationalis secretary general Aloysius John has lauded the people of Bangladesh for their generosity in supporting Rohingya refugees. “My visit to Bangladesh was first of all to witness the solidarity of the confederation in Caritas Bangladesh and to the people of Bangladesh for their generosity in receiving the displaced people from Myanmar — the Read more
32 Stunning photos of Rohingya refugees in the fishing industry
Thursday, June 28th, 2018In March, Clodagh Kilcoyne, a Reuters photographer, spent time in the Shamlapur refugee camp in Bangladesh, home to approximately 10,000 of the 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled the violence in neighbouring Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Unable to legally work in Bangladesh, refugees support themselves with help from charitable organizations, extended family, and informal jobs such as Read more
Kiwi aid worker to help in Rohingya refugee crisis
Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Caritas Humanitarian Co-ordinator, Mark Mitchell, has just left for Bangladesh to assess the needs of Caritas Bangladesh. They provide aid to individuals and families caught up in the Rohingya refugee crisis, as well as provide support in emergency response strategies. Violence against Rohingya in Rakhine State escalated to a critical point, driving an estimated 671,500 Read more
Bangladesh PM and Pope discuss Rohingya crisis
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been welcomed at the Vatican. She and Pope Francis discussed the need to find a lasting solution to the Rohingya refugee crisis. They also discussed positive inter-faith relations in Bangladesh, which is 90% Muslim. Christians make up only 0.2% of the population. A Holy See Press Office Read more
Rohingya refugees – Pope appeals for international help
Monday, December 4th, 2017
Pope Francis wants the international community to take “decisive measures” to resolve the problems causing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee Myanmar. He also says it is “imperative” for world governments to immediately provide assistance to help the Bangladeshi government cope with Asia’s worst refugee crisis in decades. Bangladesh has opened its borders Read more