The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Rohingya boat people are heading south to Malaysia in record numbers Photo by Royal Thai Navy Malaysia has accepted 40 shipwreck survivors from Burma who were in limbo for several days after being denied entry to Singapore. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees says the 40 men are believed to be minority Muslim Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state.

        Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu speaks at a press conference in Jeddah on Tuesday. Organization of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said yesterday that he would soon visit Myanmar as the head of a high-level delegation including OIC foreign ministers as part of efforts to stop the attacks against Rohingya Muslims. Addressing a press conference, he said the visit came in response to an invitation he received from Myanmar President Thein Sein. “We have not canceled our pre-planned visit to Myanmar but it was postponed due to insecure conditions in the country,” he told Arab News.