Rohingya
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Grass planting reduces soil erosion, risk of landslides in Rohingya refugee camps
May 24, 2018Over two million vetiver grass plants have been distributed by IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in the past two weeks to reduce soil erosion and the risk of landslides in southern Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, where... -
Priyanka Chopra: Rohingya children have no future in sight as she calls for help
May 22, 2018Actress Priyanka Chopra has said Rohingya children are ‘still highly vulnerable’ in overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh, nine months after they were displaced from Myanmar. She made the comments on an Instragram post on Monday evening... -
Myanmar wants to take back only 1101 Rohingyas
May 18, 2018Myanmar has urged Bangladeshi to start the repatriation of 1,101 verified Rohingyas out of 8,032 persons received from Bangladeshi amid a very slow verification process of Rohingyas. Myanmar earlier wanted to take verified 778 Muslims and... -
Launch of the impact assessment of the Rohingya Influx
May 17, 2018The Government of Bangladesh, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched a joint study entitled, “Impact Assessment of the Rohingya Influx in Cox’s Bazar and Banderban Districts” on... -
IOM shifted thousands of Rohingya Refugees to safer place
May 17, 2018Almost 12,000 Rohingya refugees have now been moved to safer ground by IOM, the UN Migration Agency, as storms continue to lash southern Bangladesh, damaging tarpaulin shelters and raising the risk of landslides on the steep... -
US criticises China for shielding Myanmar from UN action
May 15, 2018The United States indirectly criticised China on Monday for shielding Myanmar from strong UN Security Council action over a military crackdown against mainly Rohingya Muslims that the US and other countries have denounced as ethnic cleansing.... -
India hands second batch of Rohingya relief to Bangladesh
May 9, 2018India has handed over the second consignment of relief goods to Bangladesh to helping it to confront the humanitarian crisis caused by the influx of Rohingyas from the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The 373 tonnes of... -
Unicef gets $15.7 million Japanese fund for Rohingya children
May 9, 2018Unicef has scaled up its humanitarian assistance and life-saving interventions for the Rohingya children and women along with the vulnerable host population in Cox’s Bazar with $15.7 million funding received from the Japan government. “The Government... -
Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps face life threatening funding crisis
Apr 28, 2018Work by aid agencies in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps to create life-saving access routes and prepare people for floods, landslides and other disasters ahead of the upcoming monsoon and cyclone season is under imminent threat unless... -
U.S. team in refugee camps investigating atrocities against Rohingya
Apr 25, 2018The U.S. government is conducting an intensive examination of alleged atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, documenting accusations of murder, rape, beatings and other possible offenses in an investigation that could be used to prosecute Myanmar’s military...
