Following reports of Myanmar verifying 1,80,000 Rohingyas for potential repatriation, a wave of mixed feelings has washed over the camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.
Another 70,000 pending further scrutiny
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?
They made the call during his visit to the Rohingya camp along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at an iftar event in Cox’s Bazar today
Says he will be reaching out to all countries for sufficient funds
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 government of Japan has signed an agreement with the World Food Programme to provide $1.8 million in life-saving food assistance to Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, according to a press release from the Embassy of Japan yesterday.
Trump administration’s executive order to suspend US-funded projects and funding globally has started hitting the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, which is sheltering more than a million Rohingya and taking the brunt in its fullest form for decades.
Police have rescued 38 Rohingya refugees after they illegally entered Bangladesh territory by crossing the Bay of Bengal through the Teknaf coastline in Cox’s Bazar.
