Tribune Desk
July 15th, 2019
A market inside Rohingya refugee camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar
Dhaka Tribune
Rohingya camps and aid organisations are well-equipped to respond says UN
Efforts throughout 2018 and early 2019 have dramatically improved conditions in the Rohingya camps, and aid organisations are well-equipped to respond, UN agencies said.
However, there is still an emergency affecting vulnerable families living in a difficult, hazard-prone terrain, that requires ongoing support from the international community, and constant work by humanitarian actors, the UN agencies said on Monday, reports UNB.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and World Food Program (WFP) said they have dispatched staff, partners, and Rohingya volunteers to relocate vulnerable persons to safety, provide extra emergency food assistance, and repair damaged buildings, roads, and slope reinforcements.
Between July 4 and July 12, 709 mm of rain fell in parts of the Kutupalong Rohingya settlement, out of a July average of about 1040 mm for Cox's Bazar, said a joint media release.
A combination of landslides, floods, and wind has damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures, and temporarily displaced thousands of refugees.
About 5% of the nearly one million residents in Cox's Bazar were directly impacted.
"The current storm system appears to have weakened, but we are only halfway through the 2019 monsoon season, and the response to adverse weather conditions have already begun to exceed what was needed in 2018," said Manuel Marques Pereira, deputy head of Mission for Bangladesh.
Link :https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/rohingya-crisis/2019/07/15/un-conditions-in-rohingya-camps-improved-emergency-prevails
Efforts throughout 2018 and early 2019 have dramatically improved conditions in the Rohingya camps, and aid organisations are well-equipped to respond, UN agencies said.
However, there is still an emergency affecting vulnerable families living in a difficult, hazard-prone terrain, that requires ongoing support from the international community, and constant work by humanitarian actors, the UN agencies said on Monday, reports UNB.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and World Food Program (WFP) said they have dispatched staff, partners, and Rohingya volunteers to relocate vulnerable persons to safety, provide extra emergency food assistance, and repair damaged buildings, roads, and slope reinforcements.
Between July 4 and July 12, 709 mm of rain fell in parts of the Kutupalong Rohingya settlement, out of a July average of about 1040 mm for Cox's Bazar, said a joint media release.
A combination of landslides, floods, and wind has damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures, and temporarily displaced thousands of refugees.
About 5% of the nearly one million residents in Cox's Bazar were directly impacted.
"The current storm system appears to have weakened, but we are only halfway through the 2019 monsoon season, and the response to adverse weather conditions have already begun to exceed what was needed in 2018," said Manuel Marques Pereira, deputy head of Mission for Bangladesh.
Link :https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/rohingya-crisis/2019/07/15/un-conditions-in-rohingya-camps-improved-emergency-prevails
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