Observers warn of a “ticking time bomb”, saying worse conflict between locals and refugees is inevitable without a concerted effort to counteract the false narratives against the Rohingya. Khan, who …
Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said on Sunday. The group …
Azizah’s mother was a victim of human trafficking when she met her future husband. “He had to buy her from her agent in order to free her from bondage,” Azizah …
They wanted to help, but they also wanted to live. Ethnic Rohingya women sit under a tent at their camp near a beach in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, on December …
On Monday, more than 200 people protested against the settlement of Rohingya in Sabang, Aceh. The refugees, who initially fled Myanmar following genocidal attacks by the country’s security forces from …
Myanmar’s Rohingya face a wave of hostility and rejection in Indonesia, where regional communities say they are fed up with a spike in the numbers of boats carrying the persecuted …
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Friday his government suspected a human trafficking network was behind the rising number of Rohingya refugees reaching his country by boat. The mostly Muslim …
About 250 Rohingya refugees in an overcrowded wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said on Friday. The group from the persecuted …