President Duterte said he was willing to help the Rohingya Muslims by accepting refugees and slammed the supposed inaction of other international bodies regarding the plight of the ethnic group. In a speech at the Manila Hotel on Tuesday, the President said that he would never recognize the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it was not a body created by… Read more »
Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed on a system to return the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. They have decided to set up transit camps to send the refugees to posts within the boundaries of Myanmar. The two countries have high expectations for the return, they aspire to process over 300 people daily.
France 24 Papua New Guinea police have emptied a shuttered Australian detention camp where hundreds of refugees were holed up, police said Friday, ending a three-week-old standoff. The police operation, which started on Thursday and saw 50 men removed from the closed, Australia-run centre, resumed Friday morning with a fresh push to take the remaining 320 detainees to new, PNG-run transit… Read more »
Source BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41253683 Title: Rohingya Crisis: Why aid is slow to reach refugees Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees have escaped violence in their home country of Myanmar and migrated to Bangladesh. Many refugee camps have been established near the two countries borders, but the camps are beginning to become overcrowded and lack necessary supplies. The UN is in charge of… Read more »