|
Date |
Events |
Source |
| 05
Jan |
Rohingya
refugee Noor Alam dies after being tortured by camp police
after being accused of being a terrorist. |
Kaladan
News |
|
09 Jan |
Six people
arrested by Bangladesh police accused of being involved in
the murder of Rohingya refugee Noor Alam. |
Narinjara
News |
| 10
Jan |
Residents
of College Veng, Southern Mizoram, are given 28 hours to leave
by the Mara Youth Organization following a murder and community
tensions. |
Mizzima
News |
| 10
Jan |
Activists
launch campaign calling for the end of double taxing of migrant
workers from Burma in Singapore. |
Mizzima
News |
| 11
Jan |
At
Mae La camp, Thailand, hundreds of refugees welcome Brigade
7 delegation of the KNU. |
NMG |
11
Jan |
Teknaf
police release refugee after three days in detention and paying
a bribe of 20,000 taka. He was accused of being involved in
trafficking. |
Kaladan
News |
| 12
Jan |
US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice granted the power to waive
material support restrictions on asylum applicants from some
ethnic groups. |
AP |
15
Jan |
Eight
Rohingya from Maungdaw found by police in Cox’ Bazaar
attempting to leave to find work. |
Kaladan
News |
| 16
Jan |
Thirty-seven
Rohingya arrested by the Thai Navy on Ko Phra Thong for migration
law violations. |
Mizzima
News |
16
Jan |
Overseas
Indians Organization bails out four fishermen from southern
Burma from jail in Chennai. |
Mizzima
News |
| 17
Jan |
25
Rangoon-based diplomats visit humanitarian projects in Maungdaw,
Arakan State. |
Narinjara
News |
18
Jan |
Nagoya
High Court in Japan upholds a court order that voided the
deportation order of a Rohingya asylum seeker from Burma. |
Yomiuri
Shimbun |
| 28
Jan |
Malaysian
authorities detain 176 people from Burma who had set up a
village and attempted to pass themselves off as UNHCR recognized
refugees. |
Mizzima
News |
29
Jan |
Bangladeshi
Rifles arrest 5 Rohingya attempting to cross the Naf River. |
Kaladan
News |
| 29
Jan |
Bangladeshi
Rifles arrest 5 Rohingya at Dum Dum Miah check point. |
Kaladan
News |
30
Jan |
UNHCR
releases a statement expressing its concern over the trend
of Malaysian authorities detaining UNHCR card holders. |
Mizzima
News |
| 30
Jan |
Teknaf
police arrest 15 Rohingya. |
Kaladan
News |
31
Jan |
Malaysian
Home Office Minister brings before the cabinet the fact that
UNHCR are “getting in our way.” |
New Straits
Times |
| 01
Feb |
Ninety-two
Rohingya arrested in Ranong, Southern Thailand, and charged
with illegal entry. |
Mizzima
News |
07
Feb |
Rangoon
East District Court sentences three brothers for trafficking
four women and two children. |
Xinhua |
| 09
Feb |
Burmese
asylum seeker Khin Maung Hla and his wife granted special
permission to remain in Japan by immigration authorities. |
Japan
Times |
15
Feb |
Thai military
and police arrest nearly 500 migrant workers from Burma from
four garment factories on the outskirts of Mae Sot. |
Irrawaddy |
| 18
Feb |
Bangladesh
Border security arrest 14 people from Burma at the India-Pakistan
border. |
Hindu |
18
Feb |
Yamethin
District Court sentences 22 human traffickers to life imprisonment. |
AP |
| 20
Feb |
Thai
police arrest 29 migrant workers in Chiang Mai. |
Mizzima
News |
21
Feb |
Malaysia’s
government backs away from police proposal to confine 2.5
million migrant workers to their living quarters. |
AP |
| 21
Feb |
About
40 migrant workers arrested in Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
Mizzima
News |
26
Feb |
Ten citizens
of Burma staging a hunger strike in support of the monks are
arrested by Thai police and released several hours later. |
DVB |
| 28
Feb |
Three
Malaysians who killed a national of Burma in Singapore and
robbed him of S$40 (US$26) are sentenced to death by hanging. |
DPA |
28
Feb |
Malaysian
immigration officers and members of the volunteer security
group RELA detain 50 ethnic Chins, including children and
holders of UNHCR documents. |
AP |
| 04
Mar |
Malaysian
marine police arrest 108 men from Burma who try to enter Malaysia
in a fishing boat designed for a crew of 10. |
AFP |
06
Mar |
A Chin
new-born child and her parents are arrested a few hours after
they were discharged from hospital in Kuala Lumpur, after
hospital staff advised them to register their child with immigration. |
Chinland
Guardian |
| 07
Mar |
Malaysian
immigration places in custody a Chin new-born refugee baby
and its mother. |
Chinland
Guardian |
07
Mar |
Rohingya
Human Rights Organisation in Malaysia calls on authorities
to release 108 detained migrants. |
AFP |
| 08
Mar |
UNHCR
urges Malaysian government not to treat refugees as criminals. |
Irrawaddy |
08
Mar |
UNHCR
calls for a permanent solution for the 6,000 refugees living
in Teknaf. |
UNHCR |
| 08
Mar |
Activists
protest outside the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur, calling
for fair treatment for refugees and asylum seekers. |
Irrawaddy |
09
Mar |
Malaysian
Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar announces that Malaysia
does not recognize refugees for “economic, and not political”
reasons. |
AP |
| 10
Mar |
Sixty-seven
Rohingya men are forcibly deported by Thai military into an
area controlled by the DKBA. |
HRW |
11
Mar |
Three
construction workers from Burma are shot and killed in an
attack on a construction site in Southern Thailand. |
AFP |
| 23
Mar |
A
Thai immigration official dies and 13 migrant workers from
Burma are injured in a truck accident in Three Pagodas Pass. |
IMNA |
23
Mar |
Fifty-six
Rohingya men are arrested by Thai authorities in southern
Thailand. |
HRW |
| 24
Mar |
Fifty-six
Rohingya men are forcibly deported to DKBA-controlled areas
of Burma by Thai authorities. |
HRW |
24
Mar |
Police
find the body of a murdered Chin worker in Mizoram State,
India. |
Khonumthung
News |
| 02
Apr |
Over
600 new settlers from Central Burma arrive in Akyab, destined
for model villages built with forced labor in Arakan State.
|
Kaladan
News |
03
Apr |
More than
160 Rohingya from two boats are apprehended off the coast
of Southern Thailand. |
Irrawaddy |
| 08
Apr |
250
Karen fleeing attacks from junta-aligned groups arrive in
Mae Ramat District, Thailand. |
AP |
11
Apr |
US Campaign
for Burma releases a statement claiming that Padaung are being
prevented from receiving resettlement by Thai authorities. |
Irrawaddy |
| 20
Apr |
Chin
Human Rights Organization calls on Malaysia to recognize and
protect refugees and asylum seekers from Burma. |
Mizzima
News |
20
Apr |
Malaysian
authorities stop 13 people from Burma from entering Malaysia. |
Bernama |
| 22
Apr |
Thai
police raid the wedding party of migrant workers from Burma,
resulting in the arrests of 28 people in Samut Prakan Province. |
Mizzima
News |
22
Apr |
One migrant
worker dies and 13 are sent to prison in Takuapa, Southern
Thailand, after the vehicle they were traveling in hits an
electric pole, attempting to evade police. |
IMNA |
| 01
May |
50
migrant workers and thousands from the Workers’ Union
of Thailand demonstrate in front of Thai parliament hall demanding
removal of strict prohibitions on migrant workers. |
NMG |
03
May |
UN Assistant
High Commissioner for Refugees Erika Feller says that Thailand
should allow refugees from Burma living in camps to work nearby. |
AP |
| 03
May |
Bangladesh
President Iajuddin Ahmed tells new SPDC ambassador Nyan Lynn
that all bilateral issues, including repatriation of Rohingya
refugees, can be resolved cordially. |
Kaladan
News |
04
May |
Four Mon
migrants die, seven injured in car crash as they attempt to
travel to Thailand. |
Kaowao
News |
| 05
May |
A
three-day training on refugee law begins in Koitta, Manikgonj
District, Bangladesh, discussing Rohingya issues. |
Kaladan
News |
08
May |
Thai army,
police, and immigration officers arrest about 500 Burmese
migrant workers in Mae Sot. |
NMG |
| 09
May |
Thai
army, police, and immigration officers arrest approximately
300 Burmese migrants in Mae Sot. |
NMG |
11
May |
60 Burmese
migrants and NGO representatives hold an emergency meeting
in Chiang Mai district, demanding that new restrictions on
migrant workers not be imposed. |
NMG |
| 16
May |
A
group of British MPs visit Karenni Camp 1 and meet with committee
members. |
Katarawaddy
Times |
16
May |
Tailoring
training centre for men opens in the Nayapara refugee camp. |
Kaladan
News |
| 16
May |
Mizoram
Authorities arrest nine Burmese nationals. They are sentenced
the following day to seven days imprisonment. |
Mizzima
News |
22
May |
31 Karen
refugees leave Thailand for resettlement in the United States. |
AP |
| 24
May |
Thai
border police arrest over 160 Mon-Burmese migrant workers
near Sangkhlia village forest in Sangkhlaburi, Kanchanburi
Province. |
IMNA |
02
Jun |
Thai authorities
in Mae Sot start taking fingerprints and computerized photographs
of people crossing into Thailand. |
Mizzima
News |
| 05
Jun |
The
bodies of three shot Karenni refugees are found near the Karenni
Refugee Camp 1, just inside the Burma border. |
Irrawaddy |
06
Jun |
Thailand
denies entry to 250 Karen refugees, fleeing attacks by SPDC
soldiers. |
Reuters |
| 10
Jun |
19
year-old Chin woman from Falam Township, Bawih Cin Sung is
found murdered in her bedroom in Aizawl, India's Northeastern
State of Mizoram. |
Mizzima
News |
12
Jun |
US State
Department’s “Trafficking in Persons Report”
names Burma as one of 13 countries who do not fully comply
with the minimum standards to fight trafficking. |
AP |
| 13
Jun |
Two-day
workshop on health and education for migrants begins in Mae
Sot, Thailand. |
NMG |
15
Jun |
Thai authorities
arrest 10 IDPs in Karenni Refugee Camp 1 for entering the
camp illegally. |
Kantarawaddy
Times |
| 20
Jun |
Bangladesh
Ministry of Disaster Management and UNHCR announce plans to
set up a new camp for 9,500 refugees. |
Gulf
Times |
24
Jun |
SPDC arrest
a Burmese for attempting to traffic 200 migrant workers from
Burma. |
Irrawaddy |
| 24
Jun |
Malaysian
authorities arrest a Thai police officer smuggling two women
from Burma across a northern border checkpoint in the trunk
of a car. |
Irrawaddy |
25
Jun |
Thugs
from Malaysia’s “people’s volunteer corps”
arrest 217 asylum-seekers from Burma and UNHCR-recognized
refugees from Burma in Kuala Lumpur. |
Mizzima
News |
| 29
Jun |
Eleven
migrants from Burma are arrested in Bardaban, Bangladesh while
they were holding a meeting. |
Narinjara
News |
| 01
Jul |
Members
of the Thai-Burma Township Border Committee begin a two-day
meeting on the border opposite Mae Hong Son. |
Bangkok
Post |
| 01
Jul |
UNHCR
in Dhaka raises the subsistence allowance for urban refugees
to 120 Taka per day. |
Narinjara
News |
| 03
Jul |
Armed
Bangladeshis attempt to rob residents of Nayapara refugee
camp. |
Kaladan
News |
| 07
Jul |
A
20-year-old pregnant resident of Nayapara camp dies because
of lack of medical facilities. |
Kaladan
News |
| 07
Jul |
A
refugee from Kutupalong camp, Bangladesh, is arrested by Ukhiya
police in connection with an old arms case. |
Kaladan
News |
| 10
Jul |
Bangladeshi
and SPDC border authorities meet to address Rohingya-Bangladesh
marriages. |
Kaladan
News |
| 11
Jul |
Burmese
migrant worker goes missing after jumping in the Moei River
while fleeing Thai police round-up. |
Irrawaddy |
| 12
Jul |
Thai
business leaders warn that the strength of the Thai baht is
threatening the jobs of migrant workers from Burma. |
Irrawaddy |
| 13
Jul |
Thai
police gas migrant workers from their homes near Bangkok. |
NMG |
| 16
Jul |
Rakhine
refugee robbed of UNHCR-provided equipment in Chittagong,
Bangladesh. |
Narinjara
News |
| 17
Jul |
Thai
Deputy spokesperson says the cabinet has agreed to install
more than 1,000 CCTV systems to monitor border checkpoints. |
Irrawaddy |
| 17
Jul |
SPDC
rounds up around 70 Chins in Taketa Township, Rangoon, attempting
to travel to Thailand. |
Khonumthung
News |
| 18
Jul |
More
than 120 undocumented migrant workers from Burma are arrested
in Phuket, Thailand. |
IMNA |
| 19
Jul |
UNHCR
begins feeding program for 5,000 refugee children (6 months-2
years of age ) in Nayapara camp, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
| 20
Jul |
Thai
Army’s Gen Boonsang announces Thailand is prepared to
assist in the resettlement of Rohingya and Hmong. |
Irrawaddy |
| 26
Jul |
40
Rohingya are forced to return to Burma from Mae Sot, after
being caught working without papers on Thai fishing boats. |
Bangkok
Post |
| 27
Jul |
World
Assembly of Muslim Youth begin two-day distribution of food
and medical aid to undocumented refugees in Dum Dum Meah camp. |
Kaladan
News |
| 29
Jul |
Four Bangladeshi
youths rape a 20-year-old Rohingya woman in Cox’s Bazar. |
Kaladan
News |
| 30
Jul |
About
60 people from Chin State are detained in Malaysia, including
25 UNHCR recognized refugees |
CHRO |
| 30
Jul |
10
people, including two children, are washed away and presumed
dead when a small boat carrying 23 from Burma to Thailand
overturns near Ranong. |
Irrawaddy |
| 04
Aug |
Two-day crackdown
on undocumented migrants from Burma begins in Malaysia, leading
to the detention of 550, including 150 UN-registered refugees. |
AP |
| 06
Aug |
Thai authorities
report that 20 more refugees from Mae La camp have cholera. |
DVB |
| 08
Aug |
Heavy rains,
flooding and landslides in Mon and Karen refugee camps, Three
Pagodas Pass, destroy 20 houses and a thousand rubber plants. |
IMNA |
| 08
Aug |
A 19-year-old
migrant worker is killed by a scissor-wielding attacker while
asleep in her bed. |
Irrawaddy |
| 08
Aug |
77 undocumented
migrants from Chin State living in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia,
are rounded up by Malaysian authorities and detained in Bringchaan
jail. |
Khonomnthung
News |
| 08
Aug |
A 70-year-old
refugee from Burma dies in Cox’s Bazar jail. |
Kaladan
News |
| 08
Aug |
A refugee
woman in Kutupalong refugee camp is raped by a Bangladeshi villager. |
Kaladan
News |
| 14
Aug |
Screening
held in Chiang Mai of “Sacrifice,” documenting
the experience of Shan State girls working in the sex industry
in Thailand. |
Mizzima
News |
| 14
Aug |
Maungdaw
Township Chair orders Kawarbil and Zin Paing Nyar villagers
to relocate to Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, by 24-26
September. |
Kaladan
News |
| 14
Aug |
Following
a visit by a UNHCR officer to the Mon Refugee Office in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 90 Mon refugees receive registration. |
Kaowao
News |
| 15
Aug |
UNHCR
and local Bangladeshi authorities identify a new site for
a refugee camp in Teknaf, with the capacity to house 10,000
refugees. |
Narinjara
News |
| 15
Aug |
More
than 100 IDPs come under attack from SPDC troops near Leh
Kee, Papun District. |
Irrawaddy |
| 16
Aug |
Police
raids on two seafood factories in Mahachai District, Samut
Sakhon, Thailand, lead to the arrest of about 570 undocumented
migrant workers from Burma. |
Irrawaddy |
| 17
Aug |
33
people, including UNHCR-registered refugees, are taken into
custody during a raid by Malaysian authorities and RELA. |
Kaowao
News |
| 18
Aug |
A
14-year-old Rohingya girl goes missing from Nayapara refugee
camp, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
| 21
Aug |
Thai
Deputy Minister of Public Health, Dr Morakot Kornkasem, says
that diseases transmitted along the Thai-Burma border are
a growing concern. |
Irrawaddy |
| 30
Aug |
Thai
health authorities visit Mae Surin refugee camp to test for
bird flu, after reports of 200 poultry deaths. |
Irrawaddy |
| 30
Aug |
Thai
labor activists and organizations protest against the new
curfew laws for migrant workers outside Government house in
Bangkok. |
IMNA |
| 31
Aug |
Tokyo
District Court revokes a government deportation order for
a 63-year-old woman from Burma and confirms her refugee status. |
Japan
Today |
| 01
Sep |
Thai
deputy permanent secretary for justice, Thongthong Chandarangsu,
says that Thailand will sign an agreement with the UNHCR to
enforce Thai law in four refugee camps. |
TNA |
| 02
Sep |
20,000
people, mostly Burmese, line up in Mae Sot, Thailand, to receive
rice from Chinese donors. |
Irrawaddy |
| 06
Sep |
Four
people from Arakan State who were sold to a Thai fishing company
are transferred to Ranong police station to be deported. |
IMNA |
| 11
Sep |
Six
people die when a bus carrying 42 migrant workers from Burma
crashes into a ravine in northern Malaysia. |
AP |
| 12
Sep |
Forty-seven
Padaung are relocated to Huay Py Keng by order of Thai authorities. |
Irrawaddy |
| 13
Sep |
Kyaukpyu
Town Chairman order 12 Rohingya families living in Paik Seik
quarter to relocate to three sheds one mile out of town. |
Kaladan
News |
| 18
Sep |
UNHCR
office in New Delhi suspends indefinitely the registration
of new arrivals from Burma. |
Khonumthung
News |
| 23
Sep |
International
Islamic Relief Organization distributes food rations to Dum
Dum Meah camp, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
| 26
Sep |
Leading
Burmese activists urge the Thai government and the international
community to prepare for the possible influx of asylum seekers
fleeing crackdowns. |
Nation |
| 30
Sep |
200
migrant workers hold a brief protest in Mae Sot, Thailand. |
Irrawaddy |
| 30
Sep |
Governor
Chumporn Ponrak of Tak Province, Thailand, orders local authorities
in Mae Sot to restrict the movement of Burmese migrant workers
in the area. |
Irrawaddy |
| 01
Oct |
Police
Chief Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyawet says Thai authorities will
not obstruct migrant workers demonstrations against the junta
in Bangkok. |
Irrawaddy |
| 02
Oct |
A
group of Buddhist monks and Burmese nationals living in Bangladesh
torch Burma’s flag and trample portraits of top generals
to protest the crackdown. |
AFP |
| 02
Oct |
SPDC
hands over 11 Bangladeshi monks over to Bangladesh Rifles
in Teknaf. |
AFP |
| 02
Oct |
Three
people fleeing crackdowns in Rangoon reach Moreh, India, and
are arrested for migration law violations. |
PTI |
| 12
Oct |
World
Assembly of Muslim Youth distributes rations to Dum Dum Meah
camp, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
| 13
Oct |
Three
migrant workers are caught selling Thai lottery tickets in
Aizawl and beaten up by the Mizo Village Defense Party. |
Khonumthung
News |
| 17
Oct |
Eight
migrant workers from Burma apply for refugee status in Japan,
saying that they cannot return after the latest crackdown. |
AFP |
| 18
Oct |
US
President announces the US will be imposing sanctions on Burma
for failing to address human trafficking. |
AP |
| 18
Oct |
Ashin
Kawvida, a 24-year-old monk and leader of protests, reaches
Mae Sot Thailand. |
Irrawaddy |
| 23
Oct |
Two
young monks who attended demonstrations in Rangoon safely
reach Bangladesh. |
Narinjara
News |
| 25
Oct |
HRW
says that that Burma’s ethnic communities face a “growing
humanitarian crisis” under the ongoing Karen offensive. |
Mizzima
News |
| 29
Oct |
Eight
Chin women and 13 children from Burma are arrested and detained
in Malaysia after a car accident. |
Mizzima
News |
| 29
Oct |
Two
monks from Alodawpyih Damasariya monastery reach Bangladesh
after fleeing SPDC authorities. |
Mizzima
News |
| 30
Oct |
A
meeting is held in Nayapara refugee camp, Bangladesh, to discuss
rules and regulations of the camp. |
Kaladan
News |
| 31
Oct |
Thai
police arrest 1,200 undocumented migrant workers from Burma
in the Gulf of Thailand. |
IMNA |
| 31
Oct |
1,200
migrant workers from Burma, including 30 babies, are detained
in raids in Samut Sakhorn, Thailand. |
Kaowao
News |
| 02
Nov |
Bangladesh
Rifles arrests three novices in Teknaf when they return from
Burma. |
Narinjara
News |
| 03
Nov |
Bangladesh
Red Crescent Society distributes 25,000 UNHCR mosquito nets
in Nayapara refugee camp, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
| 05
Nov |
Refugees
International calls on Thai authorities to improve legal protection
of pro-democracy activists fleeing Burma. |
AP |
| 05
Nov |
Thai
governor of Samut Sakhorn Province, Veerayuth Yeamampar, calls
for tighter controls and the monitoring of all foreign workers
in Thailand. |
Irrawaddy |
| 07
Nov |
Monk
Ashin Sein Tita from Arr Kaung monastery in Kawkareik Township,
Karen State reaches Mae Sot, Thailand. |
Irrawaddy |
| 12
Nov |
Thai
police arrest more than 100 undocumented migrant workers from
Burma in a raid in Samut Sakhorn. |
Kaowao
News |
| 13
Nov |
Eight
people from Burma are arrested in India while attempting to
travel to Pakistan. |
PTI |
| 13
Nov |
Bangladesh
Foreign Advisor tells the SPDC Deputy Commerce Minister that
the Rohingya issue should be resolved through tripartite dialogue
with the UN. |
Mizzima
News |
| 14
Nov |
Seven
Rohingya appear in a Tokyo court to request asylum. |
Japan
Times |
| 15
Nov |
Two-day
Thai National Human Rights Commission seminar begins, raising
the issue of long-term Rohingya residents of Thailand. |
Kaladan
News |
| 15
Nov |
A
35-year-old Mon migrant worker is kidnapped and tortured in
Masegit Jarmat, Kuala Lumpur. His relatives pay 5 million
kyat (US$3850) for his release. |
Kaowao
News |
| 18
Nov |
Thai
police arrest a Thai corn plantation owner for the murder
of five migrant workers from Burma. |
AP |
| 19
Nov |
Bangladesh
Rifles arrest five Thet from Maungdaw Township at border pillar
No 35. |
Narinjara
News |
| 19
Nov |
Migrant
Working Group calls on the Thai government to reform its migrant
worker policy. |
Nation |
| 20
Nov |
A
Rohingya refugee woman from Nayapara camp, Bangladesh, dies
at the Teknaf MSF clinic. She had been severely beaten by
fellow refugees. |
Kaladan
News |
| 20
Nov |
Eighty
people attend a one-day workshop on HIV/AIDS and family planning
in Nayapara camp, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
| 22
Nov |
Bangladeshi
police from Cox's Bazar arrest seven-boat people from Burma
and seize their cargo boat. |
Kaladan
News |
| 23
Nov |
Bangladeshi
police raid the house of a trafficker and arrest four Burmese. |
Kaladan
News |
| 23
Nov |
Three
boats carrying 260 boat people sink off the coast of Bangladesh. |
Narinjara
News |
| 25
Nov |
Seven
migrant workers from Burma, including three children are killed
when their pick-up plunges into a canal while fleeing police. |
AFP |
| 25
Nov |
An
overcrowded fishing boat carrying more than 100 Bangladesh
villagers and Burmese refugees sinks off the coast of Bangladesh. |
IHT |
| 26
Nov |
Eighty
people, mostly Rohingya from Arakan State, leave Shona Diya
Moshkhali, Bangladesh, for Malaysia. |
Kaladan
News |
| 29
Nov |
Two
undocumented migrants from Burma are caught attempting to
travel from Singapore to Malaysia. |
Straits
Times |
| 01
Dec |
150
people, mostly Rohingya from Arakan State, leave Teknaf, Bangladesh,
for Malaysia. |
Kaladan
News |
| 05
Dec |
Week-long
training on “Peace Education” begins in Nayapara
refugee camp, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
| 05
Dec |
Fleeing
from the recent crackdowns, monk Ashin Panyathami from Rangoon's
Zathilaryama monastery reaches Cox’s Bazar. |
Mizzima
News |
| 08
Dec |
More
than 85 Rohingya and Bangladeshis in Teknaf leave by boat
for Malaysia. |
Kaladan
News |
| 09
Dec |
Cox’s
Bazar police arrest 35 Burmese nationals when they attempted
to enter Bangladesh to travel to Malaysia. |
Kaladan
News |
| 09
Dec |
Bangladesh
police arrest 32 people attempting to travel to Malaysia from
Cox’s Bazar. |
Narinjara
News |
| 10
Dec |
Australia
begins to scrap its “Pacific Solution” policy,
granting refugee status to seven men from Burma who are in
detention in Nauru. |
AFP |
| 10
Dec |
Bangladesh
Rifles in Shapuri Dip, Teknaf, Bangladesh, arrest 11 men from
Burma. |
Kaladan
News |
| 11
Dec |
UNHCR
spokesperson, Jennifer Pagonis, announces that 20,000 refugees
from Burma have been resettled since January 2005. |
UNHCR |
| 11
Dec |
Nasaka
hands over 11 young monks to Bangladesh authorities. |
Narinjara
News |
| 12
Dec |
Bangladesh
Army arrests a Buddhist monk from Burma on migration law violations.
|
Kaladan
News |
| 12
Dec |
Bangladesh
authorities detain and interrogate 12 young monks crossing
into Bangladesh through Teknaf. |
Kaladan
News |
| 14
Dec |
Sixty-seven
boat people arrested on Manaung Island are transferred to
Akyab prison, Arakan State. |
Narinjara
News |
| 17
Dec |
Separatists
in Southern Thailand shoot dead a migrant worker from Burma. |
AFP |
| 17
Dec |
Bangladesh
customs officials in Cox’s Bazar arrest two Burmese
women for illegal entry. |
Kaladan
News |
| 18
Dec |
Up
to 200 migrant workers from Burma stage a protest in Bangkok
to mark International Migrant Day and call on Thai authorities
ease restrictions. |
Irrawaddy |
| 20
Dec |
Forty-five
Chins attempting to travel to Malaysia are missing after their
ferry is hit by a fishing boat. 54 others survive. |
Khonumthung
News |
20
Dec |
Rohingya clash with Natala
villagers and 50 are arrested by Nasaka. Forty five are later
released. |
Kaladan
News |
|
22 Dec |
Thai
marine police retrieve the bodies of 22 Burmese migrant workers
in the Andaman Sea. |
AP |
| 25
Dec |
Malaysian
police arrest seven Burmese refugees. |
Kaowao
News |
|
26
Dec |
Bangladesh
Rifles deport 14 Muslims to Burma when they attempt to cross
the Naff river. |
Narinjara
News |
| 27
Dec |
Three
men from Burma are arrested attempting to swim to Singapore
from Malaysia. |
Malaysian
Star |
|
27
Dec |
UNHCR begins
distributing blankets to families in Nayapara and Kutupalong
camps, Bangladesh. |
Kaladan
News |
|
29
Dec |
Bangladesh Rifles arrest
two Burmese nationals taking video around Teknaf land port.
|
Kaladan
News |
|
31
Dec |
Malaysian
Immigration officers arrest ten people from Burma on charges
of being part of a syndicate that forges documents. |
DPA |