Emergency monsoon training saves Rohingya refugee lives
After receiving lifeguard instruction, Rohingya volunteers in Bangladesh rescue drowning teenager from reservoir. By Caroline Gluck and Iffath Yeasmine in Nayapara refugee camp, Bangladesh As a group of boisterous children played in the rising waters of a reservoir in...
Saving lives at the world’s largest refugee camp
UNHCR and its partners provide round-the-clock emergency health care for Rohingya refugees in south-eastern Bangladesh. By Iffath Yeasmine in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh In a plastic-roofed shack at the world’s largest refugee settlement, Rajuma went...
Heavy monsoon rains drench Rohingya sites in Bangladesh
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Three days of continuous rain in Bangladesh have destroyed 273 shelters and injured...