The Stateless Rohingya Blog

The Nation: Foreign organisations have always been quick with promises to help Thailand care for refugees fleeing violence, but rarely deliver, leaving the Kingdom to shoulder the burden alone, Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Thanasak Patimaprakorn said yesterday.

Bangladeshi border guards keep watch at a wharf in Taknaf on June 12. Bangladesh has refused 14 boats carrying 550 Rohingya Muslims fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar in the last two days, as the UN called for the border to be opened. © AFP/File Munir Uz Zaman Teknaf, Bangladesh:   Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested more than 85 Rohingyas and pushed back to Burma within two days, said a local from Burma-Bangladesh border.