UNICEF warns of contaminated drinking water in camps for Rohingya refugees
Nov 22, 2017, at 11:06 am
New York, Nov 22(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Bangladesh to urgently investigate high levels E.coli contamination in water drawn from wells inside the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.
UN, partners building roads to reach Rohingya refugees camped in muddy, flood-prone terrain
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency and its partners are rushing to build roads in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar to improve humanitarian access to hilly terrain, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have settled in makeshift camps.
Rohingya refugees drown as boat capsizes in rough waters off coast of Bangladesh – UN
Nov 01, 2017, at 05:38 am
New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): At least four Rohingyas fleeing unrest in Myanmar drowned when a small fishing boat capsized in rough seas off the Bangladesh coast, the United Nations reported Tuesday, also warning that with thousands of refugees still heading to Cox's Bazar every day, sprawling makeshift camps there are now dangerously congested and overcrowded.
UN migration agency delivers hygiene kits to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 25, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Oct 25(Just Earth News): Soap, toothbrushes, water containers and liquid antiseptic are among the items the United Nations migration agency is distributing to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees that have settled in sprawling camps that cover the Cox's Bazar district of southern Bangladesh.
Thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded near Bangladesh-Myanmar border – UN
Oct 18, 2017, at 04:35 am
New York, Oct 17(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency is concerned about the humanitarian condition of up to 15,000 Rohingya refugees who are stranded in paddy fields near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
UN ramps up aid delivery amid surge of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 14, 2017, at 02:53 pm
New York, Oct 14(Just Earth News): The speed and scale of people fleeing Myanmar has triggered a humanitarian emergency in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of refugees now depend on humanitarian assistance for shelter, food, water and other life-saving needs, says the United Nations migration agency.
UN agencies launch cholera immunization campaign for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:12 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): In a race to prevent a cholera outbreak among the more than half a million Rohingya refugee arrivals over the past six weeks in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, United Nations agencies launched on Tuesday a massive immunization campaign.
UN scales up response as number of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar nears 500,000
Sep 23, 2017, at 01:24 pm
New York, Sept 23(Just Earth News): With the number of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar arriving in south-east Bangladesh edging towards half a million, United Nations agencies are stepping up delivery of life-saving aid to two official refugee camps, where the health concerns are quickly growing.
UN scaling up assistance as number of Rohingya refugees grows to over 400,000
Sep 20, 2017, at 05:32 am
New York, Sept 19(Just Earth News): As the number of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh surpasses 400,000, United Nations agencies are scaling up their efforts to assist the displaced and Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his call on the authorities in Myanmar to take steps to address the crisis.