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New York, July 13 (JEN): Since 4 July, heavy monsoon rains and wind have pounded the refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, with deaths, displacement and major damage following in their wake, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. more
Scores of Rohingya refugee shelters in Bangladesh destroyed by flooding

New York, July 6 (JEN): Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh have drenched the Cox’s Bazar settlement, home to more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees, destroying some 273 shelters, and in ...

Grievous violations continue against Myanmar civilians, Human Rights Council hears

New York, July 4 (JEN): Marginalized communities in Myanmar still face “grievous human rights violations” at the hands of security forces, a UN-appointed independent expert sa ...

UN chief accepts independent report on Myanmar, highlighting ‘systemic’ failure surrounding Rohingya crisis

New York, June 18 (JEN): An independent review into how the UN System operated in Myanmar in the years leading up to the mass exodus of the Rohingya following serious human rights abuses, ...

Scale of displacement across Myanmar ‘very difficult to gauge’, says UN refugee agency

New York: Concern over escalating violence in Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine states continues to grow, with civilians reportedly forced to flee both internally, and across the border in ...

Amid troop build-up in Rohingya's home state, UN appeals to Myanmar for peaceful solution

New York: Major fighting in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state has so far been avoided following clashes between armed separatists and national security forces who are increasing troo ...

UN agencies welcome green light for Rohingya projects in northern Myanmar; urge ‘more effective access’

New York: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, on Monday announced that they had received the Government go-ahead to develop community project ...

UN migration agency builds temporary safe havens to shelter Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

New York, The United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday that it has upgraded structures in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps as temporary accommodations for emergency situat ...

UNICEF welcomes Bangladesh statement that Rohingya will not be forced to leave

New York, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Friday welcomed confirmation from the Bangladesh authorities that Rohingya refugees will not be returned to Myanmar against their will, amid r ...

Rohingya returns only ‘at their freely expressed wish’ – UN refugee chief

New York, Returns of Rohingya refugees, forced to flee their homes due to widespread and systematic violence in northern Myanmar, “should only take place at their freely expressed w ...