The project, which began on June 7, is largely carrying on with the citizenship verification project the last government had launched to address the large stateless community.
Immigration officials are counting residents who had been handed light-blue “green cards” last year, and is providing the cards to those who qualify but lack them. The project is promising later scrutiny to determine citizenship eligibility, according to the process described by government officials.
Only the individuals who accept the light-blue cards are to then go through the township, state and Union-level verification processes, according to U Myint Kyaing, permanent secretary of the Immigration and Population Department. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)
June 9, 2016
Rohingya boat people photos not 'art'
The photograph shows a boat carrying more than 300 Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees desperately trying to collect food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter in the Andaman Sea on May 14 last year. (Courtesy of malaysiakini.com)
UNHCR: Release Roghingya refugees from detention
The Rohingya refugees who arrived in Malaysia after being stranded in the Bay of Bengal a year ago must be released from detention, says United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
UNHCR Malaysia representative Richard Towle said the refugees needed to be looked after properly and this could not be done effectively or fairly in the immigration detention system.
“That’s why after the Bay of Bengal crisis we have been saying give us access, let them out of detention and we will look after them,” Towle told reporters after the launch of Odysseys: A Photographic Exhibition of the Asia and Europe refugee crises by Agence France-Presse (AFP) here on Wednesday. (Courtesy of thestar.com.my)
UNHCR Malaysia representative Richard Towle said the refugees needed to be looked after properly and this could not be done effectively or fairly in the immigration detention system.
“That’s why after the Bay of Bengal crisis we have been saying give us access, let them out of detention and we will look after them,” Towle told reporters after the launch of Odysseys: A Photographic Exhibition of the Asia and Europe refugee crises by Agence France-Presse (AFP) here on Wednesday. (Courtesy of thestar.com.my)
US-based organization distributes ‘Ramadan ration’ among widows, Rohingya refugees in Jammu
US-based organisation Indian Muslim Relief & Charities (IMRC) conducted a two-day ‘Ramadan Ration Program’ among 300 poor and widow Rohingya refugees families living in Jammu slums to ensure that they observe fast in the holy month of Ramdan without worrying about work.
The distribution started on Monday June 6 in Channi Rama where 83 poor Rohingya refugee families were provided with Ramadan ration. On Tuesday, June 7, the ration was distributed among 217 Rohingya widows at Karana Talab, Narwal, Jammu. (Courtesy of twocircles.net)
The distribution started on Monday June 6 in Channi Rama where 83 poor Rohingya refugee families were provided with Ramadan ration. On Tuesday, June 7, the ration was distributed among 217 Rohingya widows at Karana Talab, Narwal, Jammu. (Courtesy of twocircles.net)
Over 320 Rohingya refugees still detained in Malaysia, says UN rep
More than 320 Rohingya refugees who fled persecution in Myanmar last year remain detained in Malaysia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative Richard Towle said today.
“In Malaysia, there were 371 Rohingya refugees, of which just under 40 of them have been resettled to the United States. (Courtesy of malaysiakini.com)
“In Malaysia, there were 371 Rohingya refugees, of which just under 40 of them have been resettled to the United States. (Courtesy of malaysiakini.com)
Cabinet denounces ethnic cleansing against Rohingyas
Saudi Arabia on Monday reiterated its condemnation of the ethnic cleansing carried out by Buddhists against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and called for global action on the basis of UN and OIC resolutions to end the plight of the country’s Muslim minority.
The Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, expressed the Kingdom's denunciation of the continuing policy of racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing against Rohingyas and urged the international community to address the issue on the basis the principles of universal human rights.
Culture and Information Minister Adel Al-Toraifi said the Cabinet also denounced attempts aimed to destabilize Bahrain’s security and stability, while commending Bahraini security authorities for thwarting a terrorist plot associated with foreign terrorist parties. It called for concerted efforts to eradicate terrorism in all its forms. (Courtesy of arabnews.com)
The Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, expressed the Kingdom's denunciation of the continuing policy of racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing against Rohingyas and urged the international community to address the issue on the basis the principles of universal human rights.
Culture and Information Minister Adel Al-Toraifi said the Cabinet also denounced attempts aimed to destabilize Bahrain’s security and stability, while commending Bahraini security authorities for thwarting a terrorist plot associated with foreign terrorist parties. It called for concerted efforts to eradicate terrorism in all its forms. (Courtesy of arabnews.com)
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