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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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Three Years Later, Rohingya Refugee Resiliency Anchors Humanitarian Response and Accountability
Cox’s Bazar – August 25 marks three years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women, boys and girls sought safety in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, after they were forcibly displaced from Rakhine, Myanmar, due to violence and fear of persecution. Since then, the Rohingya refugees have been at the centre of the response, working with host […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cold Winter is Bringing Even Colder Atmosphere Soon and Families Suffer More beside Elders Along with Babies: Our Staff Reporter Says.
Staff Reporter Cox bazaar Correspondence This is a rare picture captured in the late afternoon when the sun finally shone. Low Temperature, fog, dews, hazy weather are adding sufferings for the people around. The low middle class people are unable to work and they even suffer to get jobs since they live from hand to […]
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 […]
Victory of Aung San Suu Kyi May Bring Failures for Repatiration As Winter is Hitting Rohingyas at Camps
Aung Sung Su Khi is Going to Win Again Which May Lead to Same Fortune for the Rohingyas as Winter Strikes the Rohingya Community Again Staff Reporter Winter slowly appeared and slowly attacking the elderly men, women and children since hilly areas are certainly colder than other parts of the country. In the meantime, Myanmar […]
Women more vulnerable to Covid-19 at Rohingya camps
Women lead the Covid-19 infection cases at the camps with 53%. While more men are dying worldwide from coronavirus compared to women, the situation is completely the opposite at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, the death rate from Covid-19 for men is at 76.97% and 23.03% for women, according to statistics compiled […]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 […]
