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
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research by Fortify Rights, published on 26 April, that found Border Guard Bangladesh responsible for the assault and forced returns of Rohingya Refugees.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government is committed to supporting the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and working to address protection risks. We regularly discuss our concerns about the deteriorating security situation in the camps with the Government of Bangladesh and often engage with the UN and NGOs. UK humanitarian funding of over £391 million since 2017 includes ongoing support to protection services. We are aware of the Fortify Rights report published on 26 April. We have raised our concerns with the Government of Bangladesh about the reported refoulement incidents on 25 April of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and continue to monitor the situation closely.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bangladesh regarding reports of officials involved in beatings and forced returns of Rohingya refugees.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government is committed to supporting the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and working to address protection risks. We regularly discuss our concerns about the deteriorating security situation in the camps with the Government of Bangladesh and often engage with the UN and NGOs. UK humanitarian funding of over £391 million since 2017 includes ongoing support to protection services. We are aware of the Fortify Rights report published on 26 April. We have raised our concerns with the Government of Bangladesh about the reported refoulement incidents on 25 April of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and continue to monitor the situation closely.
Found: In 2020, the charity published The Shadow Pandemic: Gender -based Violence among Rohingya refugees
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what support his Department is providing to the Rohingya in (a) Myanmar and (b) refugees camps in Bangladesh.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is a leading donor to the Rohingya response. We have provided over £45 million in humanitarian assistance in Myanmar and £391 million in Bangladesh to the Rohingya since 2017. We are the largest donor of water, hygiene, and sanitation facilities in the Internally Displaced Persons camps in central Rakhine State. Despite escalating conflict and ongoing access challenges, we are supporting those most in need through agile local partners. Minister Trevelyan announced a further £12 million and discussed education, training, and employment for the Rohingya with Prime Minister Hasina during her recent visit to Bangladesh on 7-8 May.
Mentions:
1: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) in Bosnia.We know that rape and sexual violence are the hallmarks of the military genocide for the Rohingya - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Imran Hussain (Lab - Bradford East) Member agree that the tragedy is that we first saw this with 1 million Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar - Speech Link
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Communal accommodation settings: infectious disease transmissionFound: ‘Challenges Faced by Rohingya Refugees in the C OVID -19 Pandemic ’.
Mentions:
1: None What about Myanmar, in respect of its terrible treatment of its Rohingya Muslims? - Speech Link