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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
Category Archive: Bangladesh, Help Refugees, Human Rights, Malaysia, Myanmar, Refugees issues, Religious Rights
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 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 […]
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 […]
Calls for international recognition of Rohingya genocide grow
A group of 35 human rights organizations urged the countries to acknowledge that genocide was committed against Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar, ahead of the U.N.-backed Rohingya donor conference, underscoring the August 2017 crackdown that prompted the exodus to Bangladesh. The persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is one of the worst humanitarian tragedies of our […]
Myanmar Election: UK unhappy at exclusion of Rohingyas
The UK has urged Myanmar to amend its citizenship law and hold elections in parts of Rakhine and other areas where polls were cancelled on Sunday. Nigel Adams, the British minister for Asia at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, in a statement on Monday said the 2020 elections are a significant milestone on Myanmar’s […]
CFISS webinar on Bangladesh, world’s responses to Rohingya genocide
Solving the Rohingya crisis is a global responsibility rather than Bangladesh’s alone. The Chairman of the Central Foundation for International Strategic Studies (CFISS) organized a webinar on “The Rohingya Crisis: In Search of A Sustainable Solution.” The webinar was aired from the Facebook page of CFISS on Sunday. Commodore Nurul Absar (Retd), was the moderator […]
EU mobilizes international donors to support Rohingya refugees and countries in the region
Last week the European Union, along with the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees co-hosted the International Donors’ Conference in solidarity with Rohingya refugees and countries in the region. The EU mobilized a total of €96 million for Rohingya refugees in 2020 for humanitarian, development co-operation as well […]
WHO draws attention to Rohingya mental health issues
DHAKA: More than 20 percent of Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugees are struggling with mental health issues, a grim result of the abuse and trauma suffered in Myanmar, an official from the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday. The statistics were shared on World Mental Health Day, which is marked on Oct. 10 every year, and […]
Rohingya Crisis Pledging Conference: UNFPA APRO Statement
I am pleased to deliver these remarks on behalf of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. For three years, UNFPA has been providing life-saving interventions for women, girls, adolescents and youth from both the Rohingya refugee population and the surrounding host communities impacted by this protracted crisis, across the humanitarian development peace nexus to build and […]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 […]
