Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: In the lead up to World Refugee Day, Southeast Asian countries should reinvigorate dialogue for a comprehensive regional response for Rohingya refugees

June 14, 2023

14 June 2023 – DHAKA, Bangladesh: Almost six years after the mass displacement of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh, a comprehensive regional response is long overdue. There are 1.6 million Rohingya who have sought safety across Asia, but they live in precarious conditions, without legal status, with limited access to services, and with little hope…

PRESS RELEASE: The impact of immigration detention on Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia and the need for reform

May 25, 2023

25 May 2023 – DHAKA, Bangladesh: The arbitrary and indefinite immigration detention of Rohingya is harmful to refugees and their families. As Rohingya flee ongoing persecution in Myanmar and deteriorating security conditions in camps in Bangladesh, punitive immigration detention has not and will not deter them from coming to Malaysia for safety. Immigration detention is expensive,…

PRESS RELEASE: Rohingya in Malaysia remain hopeful for legal right to employment, and be a solution to Malaysia’s labour shortage

May 25, 2023

25 May 2023 – Dhaka, Bangladesh: Unable to be formally employed in Malaysia due to lack of legal recognition, Rohingya are relegated to living on the margins of society and finding work in the informal economy. This places many Rohingya in situations of financial precarity and at risk of labour exploitation. In a recent joint…

Rohingya Refugees in Asia: How anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling measures can improve protection

January 16, 2023

16 January 2023 – DHAKA, Bangladesh: Without comprehensive regional and national approaches to refugee protection in Southeast Asia, more than 150,000 Rohingya in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia currently rely on a patchwork of policies that offer them limited, if any, protection. A new report supported by the Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia (PRRiA) project, funded…

Press Release: Rescue efforts urgently needed as hundreds of Rohingya refugees continue to struggle to stave off dehydration and starvation while stranded at sea in Asia

December 23, 2022

Governments across Asia must immediately undertake coordinated search and rescue operations for the hundreds of Rohingya refugees – including women and children – currently adrift at sea. Bangkok, 23 December 2022: ‘Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia’ (PRRiA) project partners, including the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform (ADSP), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Geutanyoë Foundation Malaysia, HOST…

PRESS RELEASE: Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia

November 21, 2021

November 2021 BANGLADESH: Over the next two years, the project ‘Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia (PRRiA) will join forces of the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform (ADSP), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Geutanyoë Foundation and the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) to enhance regional protection responses in support of Rohingya refugees. Today, the Rohingya population, originating from…

Press Release: Afghanistan Conference must have durable solutions for displaced Afghans at its core

November 16, 2020

Press Release: Afghanistan Conference must have durable solutionsfor displaced Afghansat its core Kabul, 16 November 2020:From 23-24 November, government ministers and high-level officials from across the world will take part in the 2020 Afghanistan Conference. Held every four years, the Conference presents an important opportunity for the international community to express its commitment to the…