Rakhine

UK, Saudi Arabia expand joint humanitarian aid for Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Bangladesh The United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia have expanded their humanitarian partnership to support Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh, with a joint assistance package worth US$7.8 million aimed at improving food security, water, sanitation […]

UN investigating reports of two Rohingya Refugee boats capsizing in Bay of Bengal The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) is investigating reports that two boats carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal after departing Rakhine State in late June, raising fears of significant loss of life […]

Landslides kill at least 17 Rohingya Refugees as HRW urges donors to fund camp safety At least 17 Rohingya refugees were killed and thousands displaced by landslides in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar camps in July, prompting Human Rights Watch to call on donor governments, the United Nations and Bangladeshi authorities to […]

Over 500 feared dead after two boats reportedly capsize off Myanmar coast: IOM and UNHCR The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have expressed deep concern over reports that two boats carrying more than 500 people, mostly Rohingya, may have capsized off Myanmar’s coast in […]

Caritas leads emergency relief after landslides kill Rohingya in Bangladesh At least 20 people have reportedly been killed after heavy monsoon rains triggered a series of landslides across Rohingya refugee camps and surrounding communities in southeastern Bangladesh, prompting Caritas Bangladesh and other humanitarian agencies to launch emergency relief operations. Caritas […]

Rohingya strategy committee formed under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s leadership The Bangladesh government has formed an 11-member national committee headed by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to develop a comprehensive national strategy for the speedy and sustainable repatriation of Rohingya refugees and strengthen coordination among the ministries, security agencies and government […]

Bangladesh committed to peaceful, swift resolution of Rohingya crisis, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman tells parliament Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to achieving a peaceful, sustainable and swift resolution to the Rohingya crisis, saying Dhaka is pursuing intensified diplomatic engagement at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels […]

95 Landslides strike Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar in six Days, leaving 15 dead and over 4,300 homeless: UNHCR At least 95 landslides have struck the Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf over a six-day period, killing 15 refugees, displacing 4,307 people, and affecting more than 26,000 others, according […]

UNHCR, UNICEF representatives visit conflict-affected communities in Rakhine as displacement crisis deepens UN agencies assess humanitarian needs amid escalating conflict, while displaced families report severe food shortages and movement restrictions in Sittwe Senior representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) […]