An estimated 1,50,000 new Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in the recent months and 50,000 more are expected to join them by this year end, putting further strains on Bangladesh.
"Acting on a tip-off, police detained 45 Rohingya people inside a closed ship-breaking yard. Among them, 14 are men, 11 women, and 20 children."
Over the last three years, Bangladesh has had to bear the greatest brunt of the worst humanitarian crisis in recent times, resulting from the execution of Myanmar military junta's long term plans of denuding the area of the Rohingya population. Rohingya repatriation remains a far cry - has the world lost interest?
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday called for global action against racial injustice and highlighted the plight of the Rohingyas, who remain victims of racial discrimination and prolonged statelessness.
'Failure to take such steps may lead to tragic incidents'
Thousands of Rohingyas yesterday held a rally in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar -- to tell the world that they want to go back to their homeland Myanmar, marking World Refugee Day.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday called for urgent funding for its Bangladesh operations, warning that a funding deficit would curb rations for the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
The WFP decision comes amid the Trump administration's termination of USAID funding worldwide.
Renewed violence in Myanmar has forced around 80,000 more Rohingyas to take shelter in Bangladesh since August last year, worsening the already precarious situation in Cox’s Bazar camps, shows a recent study.
