Fire at Rohingya refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, was sabotage, Bangladeshi officials

Fire at Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, was sabotage, Bangladeshi officials

Bangladeshi investigators say last week’s fire at Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, was a deliberate act of sabotage. A fire in Bangladesh on March 5 displaced 15,000 Rohingya refugees, fortunately there were no casualties. A seven-member panel set up to investigate the fire incident in Bangladesh says militant groups set the fires to take…

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Refugee agency appeals for $137 million to help displaced in Horn of Africa

Refugee agency appeals for $137 million to help displaced in Horn of Africa

Today in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, more than eight million people require food assistance and around 332,000 “urgently need food, otherwise their lives are at risk”, said UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado. A full eight in 10 of the displaced are women and children, the UNHCR official continued, while UN migration agency, IOM, warned that failed rains and conflict…

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UN experts warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Rohingya refugee rations are cut

UN experts warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Rohingya refugee rations are cut

The Human Rights Council-appointed experts called for donors worldwide to give generously to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Rohingya Refugee Response fund. “The planned rations reductions are the devastating consequence of the international community’s failure to provide funding for initiatives that address the fundamental needs of Rohingya refugees”, the two Special Rapporteurs said in a statement. “Rations…

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