Tag: rohingya
Influencer Jérôme Jarre explains himself after the controversy surrounding his “Love Army”
“I did some big shit in communications,” admits Jérôme Jarre who, in 2017, raised nearly four million euros to support the Rohingya – a Muslim minority persecuted in Burma –…
Bangladesh: Life of the Rohingya after the fire
report As of: January 16, 2024 11:58 a.m Around a million Rohingya live in a very small area in Bangladesh. They were persecuted in their home country of Myanmar, but…
Fires: Fire in Rohingya refugee camp: thousands homeless
Fires Fire in Rohingya refugee camp: thousands homeless Huts made of bamboo and tarpaulins: Fires keep breaking out in the Rohingya camps. photo © Shafiqur Rahman/AP/dpa Dramatic incident: Around 7,000…
Bangladesh: Thousands homeless after fire in Rohingya camp
As of: January 7, 2024 10:55 a.m Thousands of Rohingya are homeless after a fire in an overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh. The flames destroyed the shelters made of bamboo…
Students chase away Rohingya refugees
In Indonesia, students forcibly evict Rohingyas. In the west of the country, in the province of Aceh, hundreds of young people invaded a shelter which temporarily hosted more than a…
Diseases: 40 percent of Rohingya in camps suffer from scabies
Diseases 40 percent of Rohingya in camps suffer from scabies Scabies is a contagious, non-fatal skin disease caused by mites. photo © Henning Kaiser/dpa Scabies is spreading among refugees in…
Rohingya refugees evacuated ahead of Cyclone Mocha
Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh’s “at-risk areas” will be evacuated on Saturday, ahead of the arrival in the country and neighboring Burma of the most powerful cyclone in nearly 20 years,…
Video: Bangladesh: Fire in Rohingya refugee camp destroys thousands of homes
The blaze hit Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district home to more than a million Rohingya refugees. Most of them had fled a military offensive against the Muslim…
Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh: Thousands homeless after fire in Rohingya camp
Status: 05.03.2023 8:43 p.m A major fire has left at least 10,000 people homeless at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. 2,000 temporary shelters burned down, and infirmaries and…
Alarming increase in the number of Rohingya dead at sea, warns the UN
The situation of the Rohingyas is desperate, notes the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. “UNHCR has recorded an alarming increase in the death toll. At least…