Workshop on Alternative Approaches for Rohingya Refugees
A workshop held in preparation for an International High-Level Conference on the Rohingya crisis, New York, 30 September 2025.
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- 4 hours
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About this event
Workshop on Alternative Approaches for Rohingya Refugees, hosted by United Against Inhumanity (UAI) and United Nations Association in the UK (UNA-UK)
Date: 5 September 2025
Time: 1pm - 5pm BST, 2 pm – 6 pm CEST
Location: Online
The recent history of the Rohingya people of Myanmar is a story of discrimination, destitution and genocide. And yet, the situation confronting Rohingya people, whether in Myanmar, in the refugee camps of Bangladesh or other countries, receives minimal attention from the international community.
On 30 September 2025, a high-level international conference on ‘the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar’ will be held at the UN in New York. To ensure that the conference is able to consider practical and sustainable medium-term options, UAI and UNA-UK, in collaboration with the Diplomacy Society of University College London, are hosting this workshop.
Agenda:
13:00–13:15
Introduction to the workshop
13:15–13:45
The situation in Rakhine State & prospects for repatriation
13:45 – 14:15
Improving conditions for refugees and local communities in Bangladesh
14:45–16:15
Alternative & medium-term approaches to the Rohinga refugee situation
16:15–17:00
Wrap-up and next steps
The speakers will include:
Dr Sultana Khanum is a public health and nutrition expert addressing food shortages and malnutrition, with extensive experience working in Bangladesh.
Lucky Karim is a Rohingya human rights activist, a fellow at Refugees International, and founder of Refugee Women for Peace and Justice (RWPJ).
Shafiur Rahman is a London-based journalist & documentary film-maker who has worked extensively on the Rohingyas, and writes the rohingyarefugees.news newsletter.
Tun Khin is a Rohingya activist and human rights advocate, and President of Burmese Rohingya Association UK.
Dr M Sanjeeb Hossain is Director of Research at BRAC University’s Centre for Peace and Justice. He has led the project “Towards mitigating the precarious status of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh”.
Laetitia van den Assum is a former diplomat, a member of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine state, and a fellow with the Centre for Peace and Justice at BRAC University.
Florence Duchet is the Convener of UAI’s Task Team on Myanmar