Myanmar, Rohingya and Malaysia

Two boats with more than 260 Myanmar Rohingya refugees arrives in Indonesia's coast
More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats, officials said Monday.
Malaysia turns away boats with 300 ‘undocumented’ Myanmar migrants amid Rohingya crisis
Authorities provided food and water to nearly 300 Myanmar migrants found Friday on boats two nautical miles off Langkawi's coast, before escorting them out of Malaysian waters.
Malaysia detains 196 Rohingya migrants from Myanmar
alaysian police on Friday detained almost 200 migrants "believed to be Rohingya" from Myanmar after their boat ran aground on the northern resort island of Langkawi. The group comprises 68 men, 57 women, 32 boys and 39 girls, police said.
Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia's coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants found in a state of exhaustion for lack of food and water, a top agency official said.
Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees after dozens landed on island
Malaysian authorities say they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Muslim Rohingya refugees who had entered the country illegally
Malaysia Expels Two Boats Ferrying About 300 Myanmar Migrants
Malaysia said Saturday it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country's waters.
Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats after nearly 200 detained
Malaysia's coastguard said on Friday it was doubling patrols in its waters to locate boats carrying undocumented Myanmar migrants, after almost 200 were detained on an island in the northwestern Malaysian state of Kedah.
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Sri Lanka criticized for plan to deport Rohingya refugees
Human rights activist Ruki Fernando, who criticized the government plan, also accused the government of denying him access to ...
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Sounds of explosions at Myanmar border spark fears of new Rohingya influx
Due to the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, plumes of smoke and flames have been observed along the Rakhine border near Teknaf ...
Over 200 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia over weekend, official says
STORY: Over 200 Rohingya arrived by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday (January 5) evening.That’s according to an ...
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More than 260 Rohingya refugees arrive in western Indonesia
More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, arrived in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh after ...
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Crisis at Sea: The Rohingya Struggle in Southeast Asian Waters
Malaysia's coast guard intercepted two boats carrying nearly 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants near Langkawi. The migrants, suspected to be Rohingya, were provided with food and water. The incident ...
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Fleeing Myanmar, Rohingya Refugees Recall Horror Of War
They clung on through years of conflict in Myanmar but a surge of fighting has driven tens of thousands more Rohingya to flee, escaping with little more than harrowing tales of war. "I saw ...
Rohingya in Malaysia turn to tech to fight erasure, ‘have an identity’
The project aims to harness blockchain technology to create a ‘decentralised identity’ and preserve the Rohingya’s heritage ...
Rohingya Muslims, northeast insurgency, drugs...Arakan Army slowly capturing Myanmar, BIG threat for India due to...
The Myanmar civil war situation is a major cause of worry for both Bangladesh and India, with Dhaka expressing concern over ...