171 Aceh Residents Still Living in Evacuation Tents, Minister Tito Says

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia’s Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian said 43 families, or 171 people, in Aceh were still living in tents four months after the disaster, despite major progress in post-disaster recovery across the province. Tito, who also chairs the Task Force for the Acceleration of Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (PRR) in Sumatra, said … Read more

EU Seeks To Relax Rules On Turning Away Asylum Seekers – Barron's

EU Seeks To Relax Rules On Turning Away Asylum Seekers  Barron’s EU: New ‘safe third country’ proposals cynical attempt to downgrade rights and offload asylum responsibilities  Amnesty International EU To Announce Major Changes To Asylum Seeker Deportation System  Forbes EU seeks to relax rules on turning away asylum-seekers  News of Bahrain Deportation camps: EU member states want to “prevent … Read more

US official sought to end aid for Rohingya refugees – Asia & Pacific

he Trump administration official overseeing the dismantling of the main US foreign aid agency proposed phasing out help for crisis-torn Lebanon and the Rohingya, the world’s largest stateless population, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. Written on February 16 by Peter Marocco, the acting USAID deputy administrator, the email provides a window into some … Read more

EU Asylum Crisis: Union Threats Emerge Over Member States’ Deportation Tactics

Union Presses for Stricter Enforcement of Dublin Agreement as Bulgaria Faces scrutiny Over Migrant Returns Published: 2024 As coalition negotiations loom, the CDU/CSU is focusing on Bulgaria’s implementation of the Dublin Agreement. This agreement mandates that migrants be returned to the EU country where they first entered. germany has voiced concerns over Bulgaria’s low acceptance … Read more

Rights group slams Langsa officials for blocking Rohingya refugees – Archipelago

he Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has criticized the Langsa administration in Aceh for blocking a group of Rohingya refugees from travelling through the city, calling the move a violation of the 2016 Presidential Regulation on the handling of foreign refugees. Langsa police stopped a bus… Source link

Rohingya woman helping community members to adapt to life in Japan – Asia & Pacific

Rohingya immigrant in Tokyo is helping other women from her minority group who have fled persecution in Myanmar to learn Japanese and work after fulfilling her own dream of studying at university. Khadiza Begum, 39, was born and raised in Bangladesh where her father had fled after being accused in Myanmar of joining an anti-government … Read more