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- IOM Strengthens Gender-Based Violence Response in Cox’s Bazar amidst COVID-19
- Three Years Later, Rohingya Refugee Resiliency Anchors Humanitarian Response and Accountability
- Boris raises UK’s concerns over Rohingya crisis with Suu Kyi
- Bangladesh: Plan to relocate hundreds of Rohingya to remote island must be dropped
- Health Concerns for Rohingya Women
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IOM Strengthens Gender-Based Violence Response in Cox’s Bazar amidst COVID-19
Cox’s Bazar – Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of Gender-based Violence (GBV) for Rohingya and Bangladeshi women and girls already was alarmingly high in Cox´s Bazar, Bangladesh. Since the onset of COVID-19, evidence suggests there has been a surge in rates of intimate partner and domestic violence in both Rohingya and host communities. Due to mobility restrictions […]
Boris raises UK’s concerns over Rohingya crisis with Suu Kyi
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and raised the UK’s ongoing concerns with the Rohingya crisis and conflict in Rakhine. During telephone conversations on Friday, the British Prime Minister and Suu Kyi discussed the challenges facing Myanmar. He began by congratulating her on her party’s recent electoral victory, […]
Bangladesh: Plan to relocate hundreds of Rohingya to remote island must be dropped
The Bangladeshi authorities must abandon plans to relocate more than 100 Rohingya families to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal which has not yet been declared safe for human habitation by the United Nations and where many refugees are still reluctant to relocate, said Amnesty International. According to local media reports, the Bangladeshi […]
Health Concerns for Rohingya Women
SEATTLE, Washington — The Rohingya are a persecuted Muslim minority ethnic group from the Rakhine state on the west coast of Myanmar. Due to the extensive persecution of the Rohingya by the Myanmar government, U.N. Secretary-General, António Guterres, describes the ethnic group as “one of, if not the most discriminated people in the world.” Rohingya women, in […]
WHO: 336 Rohingyas infected with Covid-19 in refugee camps till October
As of October 31, some 71 host community members and nine Rohingyas have died from the deadly virus, said the report, adding, ‘Testing rates for refugees averaged over 100 tests a day in October’ As many as 5,150 people in Cox’s Bazar, including Rohingyas, have tested positive for Covid-19 since the first case was detected […]
Rohingya Camp Security Has been Made Sharp by Implementing Rules Around for the National Safety: Says Staff Reporter.
Staff Journalist Mercy Refugees House Coxbazar Correspondence From- Kutupalong, Ukhiya In a press conference, our staff Reporter shared saying that It is visible and found that-None is allowed to move from a camp to another. Mostly, Anyone having electronic devices being suspicious in the camp is arrested. NGOs near camp are interrogated as Mobile network […]
Rohingya repatriation talks after full formation of Myanmar govt: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh will approach for resuming the Rohingya repatriation talks after the full formation of a new government in Myanmar, saying Bangladesh stands ready to send back Rohingyas. The repatriation talks remain halted due to Covid-19 pandemic and elections in Myanmar. Bangladesh will also activate a tripartite […]
Int’l community pledges $600m for Rohingya refugees, host communities
The funding will be allocated for the Bangladesh Joint Response Plan and the Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan The international community has announced funding some US$600 million to assist Rohingya refugees, host communities, and internally displaced people in Myanmar. The announcement was made at a virtual donor conference, co-hosted by US, UK, EU and the UN […]
Increased Support for Rohingya Response Needed to Ensure Long-Term Development and Sustainable Humanitarian Assistance
Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) stands with its UN partners and the international community in calling for renewed support to more than one million Rohingya displaced across the region at a virtual donor conference. August 25th marked the third year since the most recent wave of refugees fled across the border from Myanmar to camps […]
IOM Bangladesh Rohingya Crisis Response – Monthly Situation Report (September 2020)
On September 30, a team from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Working Group (SRH-WG) attended the inauguration of the maternity ward at the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centre (SARI ITC) in Camp 24. The ward has an 18-bed capacity and trained midwives who can now also assist pregnant women with suspected or […]Recent Posts
Cox’s Bazar – Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of Gender-based Violence (GBV) for Rohingya and Bangladeshi women and girls already was alarmingly high in Cox´s Bazar, Bangladesh. Since the onset of COVID-19, evidence suggests there has been a surge in rates of intimate partner and domestic violence in both Rohingya and host communities. Due to mobility restrictions […]
