Rohingya camps

Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the state of human rights in Myanmar, began his first assignment on December 13-19 in Bangladesh. According to a press release published from Geneva, “the Rohingya desire nothing more...

In Cox’s Bazar, at least six Rohingyas were murdered in landslides and flooding, while 15 Bangladeshis were killed and more than 200,000 people were stranded due to water. Heavy monsoon rains produced landslides and flash floods...

The very first two positive cases of coronavirus did identify in the Rohingya camps in Ukhiya Upazila of Cox’s Bazar last Thursday. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency has affirmed it citing the government. One of the...

Bangladesh has commanded a lockdown on a southern district, home to refugee camps house more than a million Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, reports BBC Officials stated no-one was permitted to...

The water levels around the Rohingya camps have fallen by around 5 to 9 metres because of excessive dependence on groundwater in the areas where forcibly displaced people have taken shelter in Cox’s Bazar, according to...

Myanmar officials today visited crammed Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar visibly in their effort to start a process to take back tens of thousands of these forcibly displaced people, a day after Naypyidaw agreed to begin...

News Hour: A massive cholera immunization campaign started near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900 000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilized and are...

News Hour: Envoys of Canada, Britain and Australia today reiterated their appreciation for Bangladesh’s humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and supported Dhaka’s call urging Myanmar to create an environment for their quick return, reports Reuters. Witnesses...