Myanmar must confront its extreme vulnerability to climate change.
Rakhine State Attacks Cause for Deep Concern in Myanmar
Refugees International is deeply concerned about the deaths reported in recent attacks on border guard stations and in subsequent security searches in Maungdaw district in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
Malaysia: Rohingya Refugees Hope for Little and Receive Less
The absence of a regional plan for the Rohingya crisis is leaving the Rohingya people vulnerable.
Myanmar Floods: Missed Opportunities but Still Time to Act
In July, Myanmar was hit by its worst flooding in decades displacing over 1 million people.
Full Circle with the Rohingya
This week, in a stifling hot room in Malaysia filled with more than 50 Rohingya refugees, my own work with the community came full circle. I was sitting among dozens of people who had fled the very same displacement camps in Sittwe, Myanmar that I had visited twice before in 2012 and 2014. When I…
A Return to Malaysia
Earlier this year, the world watched in both horror and sadness as thousands of desperate Rohingya who had fled persecution in Myanmar were abandoned on boats without food or water. As countless numbers died of dehydration and starvation each day, neighboring countries quarreled over who should take them in and how limited their assistance would…
In the Wake of Another Major Disaster and Heading into Elections, Myanmar is Put to the Test
This week I’ll be traveling to Myanmar where widespread flooding and landslides brought on by severe rain and a tropical cyclone have resulted in the worst disaster since Cyclone Nargis hit in 2008. Of the country’s 14 States, 12 have been severely affected. More than 1.6 million people lost their homes and more than 1.4…
Shining a Spotlight on Myanmar’s Displaced
Refugees International’s Sarnata Reynolds made remarks at the Oslo Conference on Myanmar’s systematic persecution of Rohingya.
Rohingya Face Segregated, Dire Conditions in Myanmar
In September 2014, Refugees International went to Rakhine State to meet with displaced Rohingya, document the humanitarian situation, and advocate for their rights. Around 900 stateless Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine State every day on unseaworthy boats that are supposed to take them to Malaysia or Thailand but often put them in the hands of…
Myanmar: A Tipping Point for Rohingya Rights?
Two years after a wave of violence hit the region, Myanmar’s Rakhine State has become a segregated zone.