UN plans to halve rations to Rohingya refugees without urgent funding
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters The United Nations has warned it will have to cut monthly food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $US12.50 to $US6 next month, unless it can raise funds to avert a measure that would worsen hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement. “Yesterday, I was informed verbally, and today I received […]
“Better to die at sea”: Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea
RUMA PAUL, SUDIPTO GANGULY and KRISHNA N DAS, of Reuters, report on the factors driving Rohingya Muslims to leave camps in Bangladesh and undertake perilous journeys in a bid to reach countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia…