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  Mizoram urges Centre for more security along Myanmar border to stop Rohingya Muslims

  India | February 14, 2018 16:20 IST

  The CM told the home minister that the state could face serious problems if Rohingya refugees and terrorists from the Rakhine state in Myanmar enter Mizoram.

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  Myanmar government denies report of Rohingya mass graves

  World | February 03, 2018 17:36 IST

  The AP reported on Thursday that the mass graves in the village of Gu Dar Pyin were confirmed through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors who had fled to refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.

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  Myanmar killings have hallmarks of genocide: UN official

  World | February 01, 2018 15:59 IST

  At least 688,000 Rohingyas have fled Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh since the Myanmar military launched an offensive in response to rebel attacks on government outposts on August 25 last year.

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  Instances of Rohingyas obtaining Aadhaar, PAN fraudulently reported: Centre

  Politics | January 03, 2018 18:27 IST

  Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said there have been no specific reports that some people were providing illegal accommodation to Rohingyas.

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  Rohingya refugees lose jobs after Modi government calls them 'security threat'

  India | December 21, 2017 16:56 IST

  Rohingyas, mostly Muslims, are an ethnic minority from Buddhist majority Myanmar, who have been denied citizenship and have been facing brutality from the Myanmar military.

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  No serious moves to drive out Rohingyas right now, petitioner tells SC

  India | December 05, 2017 20:32 IST

  Mohammad Salimullah’s counsel Prashant Bhushan told a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that there was no substantial change in the situation since the last hearing in the matter.

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  Pope avoids reference to Rohingya in Myanmar speech

  World | November 28, 2017 20:37 IST

  Standing alongside Suu Kyi, the Pope spoke mostly in general terms. His highly-anticipated remarks may draw condemnation from human rights activists who blame the Myanmar Army for driving out hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas from the country.

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  Oxford City Council strips Aung San Suu Kyi of two-decade-old Freedom of the City Award

  World | November 28, 2017 15:08 IST

  The council motion was supported unanimously on Monday evening and cited Suu Kyi’s inaction as Rohingya Muslims are subjected to a crackdown being described by the UN and others as textbook ethnic cleansing.

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  Myanmar, Bangladesh sign agreement on return of Rohingya refugees

  World | November 23, 2017 18:32 IST

  More than 620,000 Rohingya have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh since Aug. 25, when the army began what it called “clearance operations” following an attack on police posts by a group of Rohingya insurgents.

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  US declares ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

  World | November 23, 2017 16:11 IST

  Rex Tillerson blamed Myanmar’s security forces and “local vigilantes” for what he called “intolerable suffering” by the Rohingya.

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  Amnesty International accuses Myanmar of imposing 'apartheid' on Rohingya Muslims

  World | November 21, 2017 11:10 IST

  Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations."

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  622,000 Rohingyas have taken refuge in Bangladesh, informs PM Sheikh Hasina

  World | November 05, 2017 19:30 IST

  Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also urged Myanmar to stop the persecution of the Rohingyas.

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  UP govt begins identification of illegal Rohingya, Bangladeshi immigrants; aims to evict them within 2 months

  India | November 03, 2017 23:10 IST

  As per the reports, officials will visit jhuggis across the state and check documents before drafting a final list. The process has already begun in Meerut.

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  Rohingya crisis needs constructive handling: S Jaishankar

  India | October 26, 2017 16:48 IST

  According to the latest figures issued by the UN office in Bangladesh, 604,000 refugees have entered the country since August 25 after the Myanmarese Army's crackdown on the minority Rohingya community.

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  Kolkata: 17 Muslim organisations take out rally against deportation of Rohingyas

  India | October 24, 2017 23:29 IST

  The rally was organised by 17 Muslim organisations which started from Park Circus ground and culminated at the office of Myanmar’s Consulate General.

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  US wants Myanmar to set conditions for return of Rohingya Muslims

  World | October 23, 2017 12:00 IST

  Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as an ethnic group and insists that they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country.

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  PM Modi advised Suu Kyi not to 'destroy' her image: Sushma Swaraj

  World | October 22, 2017 23:47 IST

  Swaraj referred to Modi's advice as she called on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after joining the 4th Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission meeting with her counterpart AH Mahmood Ali.

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  Rohingya crisis: 'Return of 'displaced persons' will only restore normalcy in Myanmar'

  World | October 22, 2017 21:54 IST

  Sushma Swaraj did not use the word Rohingya to refer to the thousands who have taken shelter in Bangladesh and instead referred to them as displaced persons from Rakhine state.

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  Bangladesh allows entry to 10,000 stranded Rohingyas

  World | October 19, 2017 18:40 IST

  Bangladesh on Thursday allowed into the country around 10,000 Rohingyas stranded in an area between Bangladesh and Myanmar for days.

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  BSF sounds alert in Tripura to check influx of Rohingyas

  India | October 18, 2017 16:57 IST

  BSF has sounded an alert along the 856-km-long Indo-Bangla international border in Tripura to check the influx of Rohingyas into the country.