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Bangladesh elephant rampage highlights dangers for refugees

Bangladesh elephant rampage highlights dangers for refugees

Sep 25, 2017 | News Releases

KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh—After fleeing flames and gunfire in Myanmar, Rohingya refugee Jane Alam thought danger was behind him in Bangladesh. But as he slept last night in a fragile shelter in a forested area near Kutupalong refugee camp, rampaging elephants crashed in...

Elderly Rohingya rely on families to carry them to safety

Elderly Rohingya rely on families to carry them to safety

Sep 25, 2017 | News Releases

The old and sick are among the most vulnerable of the estimated 370,000 Rohingya who fled violence in Myanmar. Many are carried to Bangladesh by relatives. This is not how Mabia Khatun, 75, imagined she would spend her old age: as a refugee, cocooned in a blanket and...

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