The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By  Sydney Morning Herald   November 06, 2013  A JOINT APPEAL TO THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THE USE OF THE TERM 'ILLEGAL MARITIME ARRIVALS' Dear Prime Minister, On behalf of the many Australians who believe in the importance of protecting people fleeing persecution, we write to voice our objection to the Australian Government's recent decision to refer to asylum seekers who enter Australia by boat as "illegal maritime arrivals". You and members of your Cabinet are well aware that seeking asylum is not illegal under Australian or international law. Article 31 of the Refugee Convention makes it clear that contracting states, including Australia, must not impose penalties on people who arrive without authorisation to seek refugee protection. This Article recognises that very few of the world's refugees get the opportunity to cross borders with prior permission and that rules which regulate normal migration flows must be suspended where those cross

By Ata Noor & Mukhtar Muhammad Rohingya News Agency WE ROHINGYA ARE DEMENDING MYANMAR GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY STOP GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEASING AND FORCING TO LEAVE BY BOATS We are very surprised that not taking any action of killing, burning and uprooting Kaman and Rohingya in Thandwe at the presence of U Thein Sien visit Arakan. Father more, resent killing and wounding to the Rohingya of Pawk Taw is unbearable and sorrowful things for the Rohingya. Some racist armed Rakhine and Police forces are fully masterminded that killing . Even one of the wounded Rohingya died due to mistreatment at Sittwe Hospital in this week. After Payktaw incident, Most of the Rohingya families of internal Displace Person (IDP) feel totally insecure and finally choose to flee by boat towards neighboring countries. Nearly one hundred Rohingya including women and children lost their lives in the sea in this week. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are preparing to escape from geno

By KPN  November 05, 2013   Ukhiya, Bangladesh: Local gangsters have been collecting tolls from unregistered Rohingya refugee while the refugee went to collect firewood from the forest since November 1, said Kala Meah from the Kutupalong refugee camp.  The refugee from Kutupalong unregistered makeshift camp always go to the forest nearby camp to collect firewood for their survival as they are not getting foods or support for not recognizing by Bangladesh government and UNHCR, Meah said. The refugee sale the firewood in the local market near the camp and arranged for their family survival, but some local gangsters near the camp become greedy on the business of refugee firewood and started to collect tolls from refugee, said  Abul Hussein, an elder from the camp. At first the gangsters collected per head 10-50 taka depend on their collecting. Later, the gangsters hijacking refugee and demand hug amount of money as; 1000-5000 taka. The refugee complain to the concerned au