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Fears Rohingya refugees face disaster after Covid-19 reaches Cox’s Bazar
Aid groups have warned of a looming humanitarian disaster after coronavirus was detected for the first time in the sprawling camps that host about one million Rohingya refugees. The camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, which are more densely populated than some of the world’s busiest cities, have been under lockdown since 14 March, in an attempt to stop […]
Rohingya Refugees Camps Require to Take Preventive Measures Against Coronavirus Immediately
There are many Coronavirus positive patients available nearby Rohingya Refugees Camps called Ukhiya and for the first time two Corona positive patients were discovered yesterday in Rohingya Refugees Camps of Ukhiya. Most of the NGOs are trying their level best to do something for the safety of the congested living people in the camp since […]
Mutiny on the high seas saved trafficked Rohingya
Survivor recounts how, with 58 already dead, they overpowered the traffickers and took control of the boat and their destiny The boat carrying more than 400 Rohingyas, which landed in Bangladesh in the early hours of April 16, had experienced a dramatic mutiny 30 hours earlier. In that mutiny, four of the 11 Rakhine traffickers […]
Rohingyas lock down at the world’s largest refugee camp
To date, there have been no cases of COVID-19 amongst the close to a million Rohingya refugees currently sheltering at camps in southern Bangladesh. However, in the Cox’s Bazar region — where the largest camp, Kutupalong, is situated — there have been confirmed virus cases. Right now, the refugees are in lockdown. The majority of […]
Rohingya refugees sent to remote Bangladeshi island after weeks at sea
Hundreds more refugees still stranded on boats after being turned away by Malaysia Rohingya refugees believed to have spent weeks stranded on cramped boats at sea have been sent to a remote, uninhabited island by Bangladesh, while hundreds more remain adrift. Dozens of Rohingya landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, with some […]
Rohingya survivors tell of misery and death at sea; hundreds still adrift
Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February would be his ticket out of a camp in Bangladesh to a better life in Malaysia. Instead, the voyage nearly killed him. The 20-year-old was among almost 400 survivors pulled from the water, starving, emaciated and traumatized after the boat failed to reach […]
Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea
(Bangkok) – The Bangladesh government should immediately allow hundreds of Rohingya refugees stranded in two trawlers in the Bay of Bengal to come ashore and receive necessary food, water, and health care, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, warned that the Rohingya may have been at sea for weeks without adequate food and water. On April […]
Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees Stuck at Sea With ‘Zero Hope’
Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees Stuck at Sea With ‘Zero Hope’ Somewhere in turquoise waters, perhaps where the Bay of Bengal meets the Andaman Sea, wooden boats filled with Rohingya refugees are listing, adrift now for more than 10 weeks. They were prevented from docking in Malaysia, their preferred destination, and Bangladesh, their port of origin. […]
Britain can shelter Rohingya if it is so concerned, Bangladesh foreign minister suggests
Bangladesh has imposed a lockdown on a southern district, home to refugee camps housing more than a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing from Myanmar, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Officials said no-one was allowed to enter or exit Cox’s Bazar district. No cases are confirmed in the camps, but aid agencies fear an outbreak could […]Donate Now
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It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]
