eir scope of learning and preserve the Rohingya culture.
Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is endemic in Bangladesh but there has been recent surges in cases through Cox’s Bazar. Dengue is recurrent in this area of Bangladesh placing the refugees at high risk of secondary infections which poses greater risk of developing a severe disease.
China has promised to support Bangladesh in repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. China has constructed approximately 3,000 houses in Myanmar for future repatriated refugees and will organize an initial food support program.
Human Rights Watch is calling for Japan to halt its military training program with Myanmar as some participants have been linked to the Rohingya atrocities. A high ranking general that is responsible for a massacre of civilians in Myanmar received training in Japan. Activists state that Japan must immediately halt the training program and investigate whether participants are linked to the war atrocities.
Provisions were previously discussed to supply well-equipped shelters to refugees in India. However, The Ministry of Home Affairs released a statement that there has been no direction to provide flats to “Rohingya illegal foreigners”. The statement stated “Illegal foreigners are to be kept in the Detention Center till their deportation as per law.”
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Michelle Bachelet, a visiting UN human rights chief, that hundreds of thousands of refugees must return to Myanmar. Hasina stated the camps in Bangladesh are overcrowded and “the Rohingya are nationals of Myanmar and they have to be taken back”.
Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human rights, recently concluded her four-day visit to Bangladesh. During her visit, she met with the Prime Minister, civil society organizations, and traveled to Cox’s Bazar to speak with members of the Rohingya community. Bachelet concluded that it is unsafe for the Rohingya to return home and expressed the willingness of the UN to cooperate with Bangladesh to ensure the refugees safety.
August 25th, 2017 marks 5 years since the beginning of Myanmar’s military violent operations against the Rohingya in the Rakhine state. The Rohingya remain vulnerable in the Rakhine state and lack adequate resources such as food, healthcare, and shelter.
Addressing Repatriation Of Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh
Hundreds and thousands of people trapped in crude camps forced out of Myanmar, a country where they are denied basic human rights and not even
Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Statelessness is an issue that has been estimated to affect around 10 million people worldwide. These are people who are not considered a national of
Providing Adequate And Safe Living Arrangements For Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh
Although official estimates have remained inexact regarding the actual number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh at present, Bangladeshi authorities have suggested that ‘the number exceeds
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