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- Rohingya refugees observe lonely Ramadan on remote Bangladesh island
- Rohingya refugees fear ‘another disaster waiting to happen’ after 84 fires in just four months – more than 2020 total
- Rohingya want to dethrone junta, return to Myanmar
- Fire at Ukhiya Rohingya camp is an act of sabotage: locals
- Myanmar refuses to accept Rohingya girl deported by India: Report
Cyclone season awaits thousands of Rohingya on Bangladesh island
The government of Bangladesh wants to send thousands more Rohingya refugees to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal before the cyclone season starts despite safety concerns raised by the international Red Cross. With the Bangladesh navy putting the finishing touches to a 5.75-metre-high (19-foot) storm wall around Bhashan Char, authorities have delayed the […]
UNHCR rushing support and aid to Rohingya refugees affected by last week’s massive fire
An estimated 48,000 Rohingya refugees have lost their shelters and belongings in the blaze which devastated parts of the Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar last Monday (22 March). Sheltering more than 600,000 refugees, this is the largest refugee camp in the world. The fire has destroyed more than 9,500 shelters. Refugees who lost their […]
‘We have nothing’: Refugee camp fire devastates Rohingya, again
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – The last time Farida Begum saw her home turned into a smouldering ruin was some three and a half years ago. On that night, soldiers had arrived in the swampy Maungdaw district of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, killed her husband and torched their house. Begum, along with her son, managed to flee the […]
Rohingya Deportation: Supreme Court refuses to hear United Nations Special Rapporteur after Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir objects
The Supreme Court on Friday refused permission to United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur, E Tendayi Achiume to assist the court in the case concerning deportation of Rohingya refugees (Jaffar Ullah v. Union of India). A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde declined to hear Senior Counsel CU Singh who was appearing on behalf of Achiume. “We will not hear […]
At least 11 dead as massive fire destroys thousands of homes in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps
A fire swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, killing at least eleven people, destroying homes and endangering the lives of tens of thousands of refugees, according to the Bangladesh government. The fire destroyed at least 10,000 shelters as it tore through the camp, according to the Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) […]
Rohingya camp fire: Barbed-wire fences blocked escape, witnesses say
Kilometres of barbed-wire fencing surrounding Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps may have blocked people from fleeing a massive blaze that burnt thousands of shelters to the ground, witnesses say. Aid groups are still tallying the destruction from the 22 March fire, which spread rapidly across bamboo-and-tarpaulin tent homes in parts of four conjoined camps at the sprawling […]
Five feared dead, thousands flee ‘massive fire’ at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Five people are feared dead and at least 20,000 Rohingya have fled a huge blaze engulfing shanty homes at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said Monday, in the third fire to hit the settlements in four days. Nearly one million of the Muslim minority from Myanmar — many of whom fled […]
Massive fire sweeps through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
A massive fire has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, gutting hundreds of tents and a number of facilities, according to officials and witnesses.. Videos posted on social media on Monday showed clouds of smoke billowing from Balukhali Camp 1 in Cox’s Bazar. Louise Donovan, spokesperson of the United Nations’ refugee agency […]
UN makes 1st visit to Bangladesh island since Rohingya relocation
A United Nations delegation will on Wednesday start a three-day visit to a remote Bay of Bengal island where Bangladesh has moved more than 13,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees since December despite criticism from rights groups. Bangladesh wants to eventually transfer 100,000 of the more than 1 million refugees living in overcrowded border camps to Bhasan […]
‘Saudi Arabia won’t send Rohingya back to Bangladesh’
Rohingya refugees who have been residing in Saudi Arabia for decades will not be sent back to Bangladesh, a top Bangladeshi diplomat said on Wednesday following a recent visit to the kingdom. “Saudi Arabia didn’t say they would send Rohingya back to Bangladesh. And, there was no such issue between the two countries,” said Bangladeshi […]Recent Posts
DHAKA: Rohingya refugees have welcomed the beginning of the month of Ramadan with a sense of solitude and isolation on Bhashan Char island, where thousands were been moved by Bangladeshi authorities from the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar. Over 18,500 Rohingya Muslims have been relocated to the remote island in the Bay of Bengal since […]
