Tag: refugees
South Korea takes in 164 asylum seekers from nearly 6,000 applicants
Immigration is a contentious issue in South Korea, where many pride themselves on ethnic homogeneity
Widespread hate speech: Anti-migrant sentiment fanned on Facebook in Malaysia
Surge of anti-Rohingya comments on the social media platform shows how xenophobic speech persists in the country
Gang violence displaces Rohingya families in Bangladesh refugee camps
Refugees live in fear as gangs compete for dominance in sprawling camps
Rohingya refugees allegedly beaten for protesting detention on Bangladesh island
Naval officers allegedly beat refugees, including children, in retribution for going on hunger strike, Human Rights Watch says
Three years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages
UN map makers follow suit with at least three maps showing a number of Rohingya village names having disappeared or been reclassified by Myanmar
Almost 300 Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh province
Smugglers reportedly appeared not to want to try to disembark them because not everyone had paid
Bangladesh restores internet access in Rohingya refugee camps
But some govt officials remain concerned that certain groups will take advantage of the return of internet services
Do we have a moral obligation towards Rohingya refugees?
Rohingya continue to suffer great hardships that the international community is capable of alleviating
As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement
But resettlement process deemed unrealistic because of reluctance of European countries and the US to take Muslim refugees
Some Muslims converting to Christianity to get around controversial Indian citizenship...
Only persecuted minorities belonging to non-Muslim communities provided amnesty under the law
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