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No place called home

Rohingya children from Myanmar cry after being arrested by Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) while trying to get into Bangladesh, in Teknaf June 18, 2012.  Khaleej Times :  2  February   2013  After the news of the ethnic massacre of the Rohingya community in Myanmar exploded in mainstream  media   last year, the country’s military government and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi came under fire for being tight-lipped on the issue.

Foreign Minister to lead OIC delegation on Rohingya update trip in Thailand’s South

Pattaya Mail February 1, 2013 BANGKOK, 31 January 2013 The Foreign Minister is set to lead a special delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to Thailand’s South for first-hand information on how the country has been handling the Rohingya migrants.  The Lower House Committee on laws, justice and human rights, on Wednesday, discussed the issue of illegal Rohingya migrants with representatives from the Foreign Ministry, the Royal Thai Police Bureau, the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) and the National Security Council.