- Begging rises in junta-held Sittwe as commodity prices soar and livelihoods deteriorate
- Maternal, newborn deaths reported across Arakan amid healthcare shortages
- Junta attacks kill 15 women in Arakan, 49 nationwide in October: BWU
- Extreme heat, water shortages damage paddy fields across Arakan
- Junta airstrikes kill 145 civilians, injure 316 in October: MDSI
Immigration cases being brought against unlawful entrants in Maungdaw
Twenty-nine people who are alleged to have illegally crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border into Arakan State’s Maungdaw District are facing legal action under the Immigration Law, according to U Htein Linn, deputy director of the Department of Immigration and Population.
30 Jun 2020
Kyaw Myo Aung | DMG
30 June, Maungdaw
Twenty-nine people who are alleged to have illegally crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border into Arakan State’s Maungdaw District are facing legal action under the Immigration Law, according to U Htein Linn, deputy director of the Department of Immigration and Population.
“A lawsuit has been opened against them for illegal immigration and abetment. It was the first case in the district,” he told DMG.
Nineteen of the defendandants are from Maungdaw Township and 10 are from Buthidaung Township, according to the department.
About 90 people are estimated to have illegally entered Myanmar in recent weeks despite the government, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, suspending repatriation processes for the hundreds of thousands of refugees currently residing in Bangladesh.
Twelve patients have so far reported positive for COVID-19 in Arakan State: one each in Sittwe, Taungup and Thandwe townships, seven in Maungdaw Township and two in Buthidaung Township. The nine cases in Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships, which together form Maungdaw District, all reportedly entered Myanmar from Bangladesh unlawfully.
Top News
Maternal, newborn deaths reported across Arakan amid healthcare shortages
By Admin 12 Nov 2026
APRG sets 9-kg standard for paddy baskets in Arakan
By Admin 11 Nov 2026
Junta attacks kill 15 women in Arakan, 49 nationwide in October: BWU
By Admin 11 Nov 2026
Extreme heat, water shortages damage paddy fields across Arakan
By Admin 11 Nov 2026
