US EditionBangladesh’s Yunus Calls For Action to Prevent Rohingya Refugee ‘Catastrophe’
Amnesty International reports forced labor, food shortages, and severe restrictions for Rohingya under Arakan Army control, with 57% of families in central Rakhine unable to meet basic food needs.
- Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus warned on September 30, 2025, that the Rohingya refugee crisis risks catastrophic collapse due to worsening conditions in camps.
- This crisis stems from decades of persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, ongoing armed conflict since a 2021 coup, and the 2017 military clearance operation that forced over 1.2 million Rohingya to flee.
- The Arakan Army seized northern Rakhine in 2024, imposing severe restrictions including forced labor, movement bans, inadequate food, health, and education access, while both the army and Myanmar military commit human rights abuses.
- Amnesty International researcher Joe Freeman emphasized that the situation in northern Rakhine remains unsafe for the Rohingya to return, citing issues such as disappearances and enforced labor carried out by the Arakan Army.
- Yunus urged global action and expects a UN conference in New York to galvanize international support, warning that premature repatriation without resolving acute dangers could worsen the crisis.
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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
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Rohingya face ‘catastrophic’ risks in premature return to Myanmar, rights group warns
Amnesty International on Monday cautioned against what it called a “dangerously premature” push to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, warning that repatriation under existing conditions in northern Rakhine State “could be catastrophic. The rights group warned of harrowing conditions that could face the returning Rohingya—a predominantly Muslim ethnic group from Myanmar’s Rakhine State who have faced decades of systematic pe…
Myanmar: Rohingya repatriation ‘catastrophic’ under existing conditions in northern Rakhine State
Rohingya communities in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State are facing forced labour, food and health crises, severe restrictions on movement and escalating armed conflict, Amnesty International said today as it warned against dangerously premature decisions to repatriate refugees from Bangladesh. Tomorrow the UN General Assembly will convene a High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims […]
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