Rohingya really want to be resettled in a third country

This is additional news on the visit to Bangladesh by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees that I reported on earlier this a.m.    Antonio Guterres says that he would like the Rohingya Muslims to return to Myanmar (Burma), but it looks like many are saying ‘no thanks’.  The repatriation program for 27,000 refugees has been … Continue reading Rohingya really want to be resettled in a third country

UNHCR wants Rohingyas repatriated to Myanmar (Burma), but Canada taking some

A few days ago we reported to you that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, was traveling to refugee camps in Bangladesh to try to sort out the Muslim Rohingya refugee situation.  Here is a short article (posted in its entirety) in which Guterres told the press he wants to attempt to repatriate … Continue reading UNHCR wants Rohingyas repatriated to Myanmar (Burma), but Canada taking some

UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya

Antonio Guterres is arriving in Bangladesh today to attempt to resolve the Rohingya Muslim refugee “crisis.”  Many Rohingya fled Burma (Myanmar) in the 1990’s and are camped in Bangladesh.   We have written many times on the Rohingya because there is political pressure on Western countries to accept the Rohingya for resettlement. The UN’s refugee agency … Continue reading UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya

Rohingya: sorting out whos who and who is going to kill whom

My title is misleading, I am not really sorting out this mess of groups, just giving you bits of information that hopefully one day will come together.    Our interest in the Rohingya is that these Burmese Muslims are agitating for third country resettlement to the West.   The recent devastating cyclone in Burma has given them an opportunity to be … Continue reading Rohingya: sorting out whos who and who is going to kill whom