UN chief vows to ‘speak loud’ to avert ration cuts for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Reuters The United Nations will do all it can to help prevent food rations being cut for Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday during a visit to the world’s largest refugee settlement. Guterres visited the border district of Cox’s Bazar, in southern Bangladesh, after the […]
Myanmar conflict: In world’s largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight
DEVJYOT GHOSHAL and POPPY MCPHERSON, of Reuters, report on the thousands of Rohingya insurgents who have emerged from camps housing refugees in Cox’s Bazar…
Rohingya minority in firing line as rebels attack western Myanmar town
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Reuters It was soon after afternoon prayers at a mosque near western Myanmar’s Maungdaw town last month that 45-year-old Abdur said he looked up and spotted a drone hovering above. It was armed. “Within seconds, there was an explosion, and I lost consciousness,” said the bearded farmer, asking only to use his […]
Life in the world’s biggest refugee camp: Odd jobs, digital cards help Rohingya refugees navigate aid cuts
Seven years after fleeing conflict in Myanmar, displaced Rohingya struggle with aid squeeze in world’s biggest refugee camp. MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Context, reports…
UN secretary-general alarmed by reports of Myanmar airstrikes
Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by reports that military airstrikes in Myanmar, including on Monday in Minbya township, have killed and injured many civilians, a UN spokesman said. Myanmar has been convulsed by turmoil since the military seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup. “The expansion of conflict in […]
Rohingya say will not go home to Myanmar to be stuck in camps
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on the weekend that they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making their first return visit as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation. Nearly a million Rohingya Muslims live in squalid camps in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar. […]
Bangladesh panel says fire at Rohingya camps ‘planned sabotage’
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a “planned act of sabotage”, a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday. Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on 5th March, leaving more than 12,000 people […]
Fire destroys homes Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters A big fire at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh destroyed homes and sent thick black clouds of smoke through the area on Sunday before being brought under control. The blaze erupted at Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a south-eastern border district where more than a million Rohingya refugees live. Most […]
“Better to die at sea”: Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea
RUMA PAUL, SUDIPTO GANGULY and KRISHNA N DAS, of Reuters, report on the factors driving Rohingya Muslims to leave camps in Bangladesh and undertake perilous journeys in a bid to reach countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia…
Rohingya crisis fund is “well short of needs” – UN refugee agency
Reuters An appeal to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is “well short of needs”, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, as refugees called on donors not to forget the crisis ahead of the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar. More than a million Rohingya are living in squalid camps in southern […]