At least 15 found dead, hundreds missing, after Bangladesh Rohingya camp blaze
Cox’s Bazar, BangladeshAP Rescuers recovered at least 15 charred bodies from a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh after a devastating fire that destroyed thousands of shelters, officials said Tuesday. At least 400 people were still missing and around 560 were injured by the fire, according to Louise Donovan, a spokesperson for the United Nations’ […]
Fire guts hundreds of shelters in Rohingya refugee camp
Cox’s Bazar, BangladeshAP A devastating fire raced through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Monday, destroying hundreds of shelters and leaving thousands homeless, officials and witnesses said. The fire at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district broke out in the late afternoon and spread quickly through at least four blocks, said Mohammad […]
First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island
Dhaka, BangladeshAP Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday started sending a first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. The 1,642 refugees were boarding seven Bangladeshi naval vessels in the port of Chittagong for the trip to Bhashan Char, according […]
Aid workers race to stop coronavirus spreading in world’s largest refugee camp
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Aid workers in Bangladesh raced to stop the coronavirus spreading through the world’s largest refugee settlement on Friday, installing isolation treatment centres and hand washing stations, after the first cases were confirmed. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said the 850,000 Rohingya who occupy the densely populated camps in Bangladesh were […]
Corner of world’s largest refugee camp recreated in British mall
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation British shoppers were given the chance to experience the world’s largest refugee camp on Monday when a charity attempted to recreate the jungles of southern Bangladesh – home to nearly a million displaced Rohingya – in a London mall. The interactive installation by the British Red Cross allows shoppers to see what […]
Rohingya should move to island to avoid landslides – Bangladesh minister
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are at risk from landslides in the coming monsoon season and should be relocated to a remote island, the country’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday, a move opposed by many refugees. Bangladesh wants to move 100,000 of the nearly one million Rohingya Muslims sheltered in cramped camps in its […]
ROHINGYA CRISIS: ELEPHANTS FACE ‘TIME BOMB’ IN LAND CLASH WITH REFUGEES
BELINDA GOLDSMITH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Bangladesh on how the Rohingya refugee camps are impacting elephants…
ROHINGYA CRISIS: AID WORKERS RACE TO BATTEN DOWN REFUGEE CAMP WITH NO SIGN OF CRISIS ENDING
BELINDA GOLDSMITH and NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from Cox’s Bazar…
“Lost generation” looms for Rohingya refugee children without education
Phnom Penh, Cambodia/New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Rohingya refugee children who lack proper education in camps in Bangladesh could become a “lost generation”, the United Nations said on Thursday, a year after Myanmar’s army began a crackdown that has forced more than 700,000 people to flee the country. The lives and futures of more than […]
REFUGEES: “RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK” TO BOLSTER ROHINGYA CAMPS AGAINST RAINS
JARED FERRIE reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation on growing concerns over the plight of the Rohingya Muslims living in camps in Bangladesh as the monsoon arrives…