Funding shortages sharply reducing access to education, food aid, healthcare, others

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The body of a Rohingya girl, feared drowned after being swept away by strong currents in a drain near the MPAJ Hall in Kampung Cheras Baru, Ampang, last night, was found this morning.

JAKARTA, April 28 — Indonesian authorities have discovered 68 foreign nationals, including Rohingya and Bangladeshi citizens, at a palm oil plantation in Dumai, Riau province, believed to be preparing for a sea crossing to Malaysia.

DHAKA, March 27 — Bangladesh's transitional government head Muhammad Yunus has warned that the protracted crisis in Myanmar threatens regional stability during his address at the Boao Forum for Asia conference in China, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

GENEVA, March 24 — Two United Nations agencies said today that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

COX'S BAZAR, March 14 — The United Nations (UN) will do all it can to help prevent food rations being cut for Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday during a visit to the world’s largest refugee settlement.

NAYPYIDAW, March 14 — Starting next month, over a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) because of critical funding shortfalls, the latest cut in humanitarian support from the United Nations (UN) agency.

JAKARTA, March 11 — The United Nations’ migration agency has reinstated humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, its chief of mission in Jakarta told Reuters today.

NEW DELHI, March 8 — The United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) called on Friday for urgent funding for its Bangladesh operations, warning that a funding deficit would curb rations for the Rohingya in the world's largest refugee settlement.

JAKARTA, March 6 — The United Nations' (UN) migration agency has slashed aid to hundreds of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, according to a letter seen by Reuters and two people briefed on the matter, because of massive funding cuts by their biggest donor, the United States (US).

DHAKA, Feb 24 — The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop called for an early political settlement in Myanmar that would lead to the return of the Rohingya to their home country, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 11 — Asean has taken a firm position in supporting a long-lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with Malaysia pledging to give its utmost support to the territory’s reconstruction efforts, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

JAKARTA, Jan 6 — More than 200 Rohingya came ashore over the weekend in Indonesia’s Aceh province, an official said today, amid growing numbers of arrivals by sea of the stateless population in the Southeast Asian country.

ISTANBUL, Dec 23 — Bangladesh has said it will not allow more Rohingya community members to enter its territory, clarifying that around 60,000 refugees had entered the South Asian nation in the past two years, Anadolu Agency reported.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 23 — Amid escalating conflict between the junta government and rebel Arakan Army in Myanmar, approximately 60,000 Rohingya entered Bangladesh in the last two months, Anadolu Agency quoted a Bangladeshi official on yesterday.

JAKARTA, Dec 1 — Over 110 Rohingya refugees came ashore in Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday after their boat nearly sank, officials from the United Nations (UN) refugee agency and local government said, as growing numbers arrive by sea in the Southeast Asian country.

ATHENS, Nov 27 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has announced that his office seeks an arrest warrant for Myanmar's junta chief over deportation and persecution of Rohingya Muslims, Anadolu Agency reported.

JAKARTA, Oct 29 — The Indonesian authorities have crushed an organised human smuggling network in South Aceh that was involved in the illegal transportation of both Rohingya refugees and Acehnese into neighbouring countries.