Boat adrift at sea for weeks carrying Rohingya refugees reaches Indonesia’s Aceh
The boat which reached Aceh, Indonesia on Monday afternoon had over 180 ethnic Rohingya men, women and children in it.
The boat which reached Aceh, Indonesia on Monday afternoon had over 180 ethnic Rohingya men, women and children in it.
When the Myanmar military began a clearance operation against them in 2017, several members of the community were forced to flee.
Contending before a bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, Advocate Prashant Bhushan said that that the detained Rohingyas may be deported to Myanmar which is currently under Army's control and also seeing violence.
While human rights groups acknowledge there are criminal elements among some of the Rohingya refugees, they have urged authorities to thoroughly investigate such cases.
The Dhaka Tribune said the ship was packed with nearly 500 Rohingya.
Myanmar authorities have verified 3,454 people for an initial round of returns from a list of 22,000 submitted by Bangladesh authorities
There is a strong pro-China lobby active in Bangladesh including in the Prime Minister’s office that has been advocating for long for Bangladesh to tilt towards China for a vibrant partnership.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the whole issue of deportation of Rohingyas had been portrayed in a misleading and incorrect manner by the UN Human Rights Council.
Jolie's visit comes just before the launch of the 2019 Joint Response Plan, a new appeal for the humanitarian situation in Bangladesh, seeking to raise nearly $920 million
The UNHCR special envoy is likely to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday
