May. 30 2024
Source Page: The UK is committed to efforts to address the root causes of displacement: UK statement at the UN Security CouncilFound: First, the Rohingya have faced decades of persecution and are the largest stateless population in the
Formal Minutes May. 29 2024
Committee: Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (Department: Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities)Found: the political and economic situation in Bangladesh, meet members of parliament and government, visit Rohingya
Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Inquiry: Daesh InquiryFound: Darfur (Sudan) and Libya, not to mention the Daesh genocide in Syria and Iraq, or the genocide of the Rohingya
Formal Minutes May. 28 2024
Committee: European Scrutiny CommitteeFound: political and economic situation in Bangladesh, meet members of parliament and government, visit Rohingya
May. 24 2024
Source Page: Escalating conflict in Myanmar: joint statement by UK and partnersFound: Reports of forced recruitment, including of Rohingya, is further dividing communities and exploiting
Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current security situation in Western Myanmar; and what steps they are taking, together with international partners, to prevent the outbreak of a civil war between the Buddhist Rakhine and the Muslim Rohingya.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the news release entitled Myanmar: Military Forcibly Recruiting Rohingya, published by Human Rights Watch on 9 April 2024.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are concerned by credible reports of forcible detention and recruitment of the Rohingya by the Myanmar military. This has the potential to further stoke inter-communal tensions. In April, the UK convened the UN Security Council to raise concern over the escalating conflict in Rakhine State. We continue to monitor the situation closely and will continue to use all of our multilateral channels to maintain a spotlight on the situation in Rakhine.
Written Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: FCDO and civil societiesFound: However, they also highlighted that focus on the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis combined
Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) Similar horrible atrocities happened to the Rohingya, with killings and rapes in Myanmar. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) example, the military coup in Myanmar exacerbating the persecution of religious minorities, not least the Rohingya - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) mentioned the Chinese treatment of the Uyghur Muslim, and we heard in a speech about the treatment of the Rohingya - Speech Link