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Sri Lanka's navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees found adrift aboard a fishing trawler
Read full article: Sri Lanka's navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees found adrift aboard a fishing trawlerSri Lanka's navy says it has rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation.
Atlantic Beach holding supply drive for Ukraine refugees resettling in Jacksonville area
Read full article: Atlantic Beach holding supply drive for Ukraine refugees resettling in Jacksonville areaThe City of Atlantic Beach is conducting a supply drive on April 22 and 23 to collect items that will be used to furnish apartments for Ukraine refugees who will resettle in the Jacksonville area.
First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island
Read full article: First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh islandRohingya refugees board a ship as they are ferried to Bhashan Char, or floating island, in the Bay of Bengal, from Chittagong, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday started sending a first group of nearly more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. (AP Photo/Saleh Noman)DHAKA – Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. On Thursday, 11 passenger buses carrying the refugees left Cox’s Bazar on the way to the island. Bangladesh attempted to start sending refugees back to Myanmar under a bilateral framework last November, but no one was willing to go.