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 Bangladesh has agreed to complete the process of returning Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar within two years after repatriation begins, the south Asian nation said on Tuesday, following a meeting of the neighbours to implement a pact signed last year. A statement by the Bangladesh foreign ministry did not say when the process would begin. But it said the return effort… Read more »
France 24 Pope Francis flew to Myanmar on Monday in one of his most sensitive trips yet, as religious tensions fester in the mainly Buddhist nation that has bristled at global outrage over its treatment of Rohingya Muslims. Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing said he told Pope Francis his country had “no religious discrimination” after the pair met late Monday, in a… Read more »