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UNHCR welcomes Philippines’ commitment to protect Rohingya

The Philippines is a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and has endorsed the Global Compact on Refugees

Vietnamese in Cambodia: Stateless, discriminated and in fear of deportation

Ethnic Vietnamese, born and raised in Cambodia, often discriminated against and sometimes victims of violent racist attacks

Three years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages

UN map makers follow suit with at least three maps showing a number of Rohingya village names having disappeared or been reclassified by Myanmar

Bangladesh restores internet access in Rohingya refugee camps

But some govt officials remain concerned that certain groups will take advantage of the return of internet services

As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement

But resettlement process deemed unrealistic because of reluctance of European countries and the US to take Muslim refugees

Filipino Muslim refugees pray for end to sacrifices on Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha honors the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God's command.

Displaced Marawi residents appeal to return to devastated homes

The war in Marawi leveled the city to the ground and affected close to half a million people, many of whom still live in temporary shelters

Displaced families in Marawi hope to live in permanent shelters soon

The government aims to construct 1,500 houses for families who lost their homes in the war’s “ground zero” in Marawi City

Malaysia spares Rohingya refugees from caning

Court decided caning would be inhumane as the men were refugees and did not have any prior history of crime or violence

Malaysian court to hear bid to set aside caning for Rohingya...

Lawyers also seek a review of a case against six Rohingya teenagers, including two girls, who they say have been wrongly tried and convicted as adults

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