Tag: Rohingya camps

Rohingya camps become dengue hotspots

- Rafiqul Islam -

With the monsoon in Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar have emerged as a dengue hotspot, with the mosquito-borne disease continuing to spread among the stateless refugees. “A total of 1,066 dengue cases were reported in highly cramped refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar up to May 23 this year, while

Floods, landslides hit Rohingya camps hard

- Times Report -

More than 12,000 refugees have been affected, while an estimated 2,500 shelters have been damaged or destroyed by heavy downpours, the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has said. In the last 24 hours alone, over 300mm of rain fell on camps hosting more than 8 lakh Rohingya refugees - nearly half