Report: 21% of Rohingya girls have access to education

Dhaka Tribune
Abdul Aziz
Publish : 11 Mar 2024, 

Rohingya children pose with smiles at a school in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: Courtesy

Only 21% of Rohingya girls between the ages 12-18 years in the Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar continue their education, according to the Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) report 2022-2023.

The Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar: 45 Years On

The Irrawaddy
by Tony Waters and R.J. Aung
March 6, 2024

Rohingya refugees wait to receive supplies of rice, water and cooking oil at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. /AFP

A month after the prime minister of Bangladesh raised concerns about the possibility of Rohingya repatriation, UNHCR representatives in Myanmar met with the junta’s education minister on February 7 to discuss repatriation. Meanwhile, Bangladeshi officials are reluctant to act in any way that might be perceived as taking sides between the junta and the ethnic Arakan Army; Bangladesh has perhaps started to understand there is a new sheriff in Rakhine, just across the Naf River.

Bangladesh police arrest 4 ARSA members with Arms in Cox's Bazar

Narinjara
Date: 25 February 2024 

Four terrorists from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) have been taken into custody by Bangladeshi police from a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, according to Ukhia News.

Renewed conflict in Rakhine State poses new threat to Rohingya

ARAB NEWS
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
February 16, 2024  

Displaced Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state in Myanmar rest near Ukhia, at the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. (AFP)

Since November, Rakhine State in Myanmar has been marred by renewed violence between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, shattering a year-long unofficial ceasefire and exacerbating an already dire situation for the Rohingya population. This latest wave of conflict is not only deepening the existing humanitarian crisis, but also leading to large-scale displacement of the Rohingya, further compounding the suffering of one of the world’s most persecuted minorities.

Rohingya relocation: 1,500 more to go to Bhasan Char from Cox's Bazar

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Publish : 13 Feb 2024,

• Schedule to sail to Bhasan Char by a naval ship on Wednesday morning
• Already brought to Cox’s Bazar from camps
• Earlier, 32,000 Rohingyas relocated to Bhasan Char

Rohingyas are seen to go to Bhasan Char by bus on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Photo: Bangla Tribune

Another 1,500 Rohingyas are moving from the camps in Cox's Bazar to Bhasan Char in Noakhali as the internal conflict in Myanmar is impacting the border areas of Bangladesh.

3 Rohingya men arrested, arms recovered in Cox's Bazar

Bangladesh Sangstha ( BSS )
25 Jan 2024, 

COX'S BAZAR, Jan 25, 2024 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a raid today arrested three Rohingya men and recovered huge quantity of arms from hilly areas near Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar.

Thousands of Rohingyas endure harsh winter after Cox’s Bazar camp fire

Dhaka Tribune
Abdur Rahman
Publish : 19 Jan 2024, 

• Around 1,000 refugee shelters destroyed in fire
• Women, children most affected
• In dire need of shelter, warm clothes 
  

People are pictured following a fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, January 7, 2024. Photo: Courtesy of Peter Saiful

 

Some 5,000 Rohingya refugees are leading an inhumane life this winter after a fire earlier this month at Camp 5 in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila destroyed their shelters.

EU allocates €300,000 in humanitarian aid to gutted Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

Dhaka Tribune
UNB
Publish : 16 Jan 2024,

People are pictured following a fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, January 7, 2024. Photo: Courtesy of Peter Saiful UNB

In response to a recent fire in one of the refugee camps, hosting nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, the European Union has released €300,000 to assist the affected population.

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U.N. to boost food ration for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

REUTERS
By Sudipto Ganguly and Ruma Paul
January 2, 2024

Rohingya Muslim refugees receive food as they take rest on a sidewalk outside the government office after they were refused shelter by local residents, following their arrival, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Riska Munawarah/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

DHAKA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The United Nations will increase the food ration for each Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh by $2 a month, to $10, from Jan. 1, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, as it thanked donors for coming to the rescue of a cash-strapped effort.

WFP to increase food ration from $8 to $10 for all Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar

Dhaka Tribune
Press Release
Publish : 31 Dec 2023,

• ‘2023 tumultuous one for Rohingya in Bangladesh’
• Before ration cut, 40% of children under five malnourished
• Sharp decline in resources reduced Rohingya's food entitlement in 2023
  

The undated image shows Rohingya refugees collecting their monthly food ration at a World Food Program (WFP) e-voucher outlet in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Courtesy

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is gearing up to restore its critical food assistance for the entire Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar.

Starting on Monday, WFP will increase the food ration from $8 to $10 per person per month, and gradually add locally fortified rice to its food assistance package.

Refugees escape Cox's Bazar

DW
December 3'2023

However, life has remained difficult for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as they lack food, security, education, and work opportunities in the crowded camps.

A report by Human Rights Watch published this year said criminal gangs and affiliates of Islamist armed groups were causing fear at night in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

A 19-year-old Rohingya refugee who recently arrived in Aceh province with her family told the AFP news agency that criminals in Cox's Bazar threatened her and her family every day, and she paid over $1,800 (€1,640) for the boat journey to Indonesia.

Rohingya leader hacked to death in Cox's Bazar

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Publish : 25 Nov 2023,

• Police conducting raids to arrest the miscreants

• The Rohingya man was vocal against Arsa
  

File image of Rohingya camp. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

 

A Rohingya community leader has been hacked to death by a group of unidentified miscreants in the Ukhiya refugee camp of Cox's Bazar.

The deceased, Mohammad Ataullah, 50, was the majhi (community leader) of Balukhali camp no 19, Mohamamd Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station confirmed.

Thailand donates $28,000 for Rohingyas

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Report
Publish : 20 Sep 2023 

Thailand Ambassador Makawadee Sumitmor hands over the donation to WFP Resident Representative and Country Director Domenico Scalpelli on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Courtesy

The Thai government has made a donation of 1 million baht (3,085,467.45 taka) or around $28,000 for the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazaar.

The assistance will enable World Food Program (WFP) to allocate food to 3,500 displaced persons for one month, the Thai embassy on Wednesday said.

Japan to consider increasing aid to Rohingyas

The Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
Mon Sep 4, 2023 

National Diet delegation set to visit Cox’s Bazar camps 

Rohingya camp. File photo

Japan will consider increasing its humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, a prominent Japanese lawmaker said yesterday.

"We are planning to visit Cox's Bazar tomorrow. We would like to see the situation and provide some humanitarian assistance based on the actual needs there," said Nakanishi Yusuke, director of the committee on general affairs, House of Councillors at the National Diet.

Rohingyas stage rallies for repatriation to Myanmar with full civil rights

dailyobserver
Saturday, 26 August, 2023

Rohingyas stage rallies for repatriation to Myanmar with full civil rights
 

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 25: Displaced Rohingyas staged peaceful rallies in four camps of Ukhiya and Teknaf here on Friday demanding justice for genocide in Myanmar in 2017 and their repatriation to their home land with full civil rights.

Rohingyas raised their voice in support of their return to their homeland in Myanmar during a demonstration in Cox's Bazar on the occasion of Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.

Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya

Asia News Network
The Daily Star
Farah Kabir
August 31, 2023 

The Rohingya living in the refugee camps of Teknaf and Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh are humans with the right to life, food, water, education, and dignity. PHOTO: REUTERS/THE DAILY STAR 

 

DHAKA – As we approach the six-year mark of the unprecedented 2017 influx of the Rohingya from Rakhine State in Myanmar, I cannot help but wonder if we are really doing enough for the people who sought support to be alive with safety and dignity. It was between August 24-25, 2017, in the weeks that followed escaping death and persecution, when the Rohingya sought refuge in Cox’s Bazar. They had fled to Bangladesh earlier too; numerous times over the last 50 or 60 years. However, the influx of 2017 was significantly different. The violence had been unleashed with no bars held. The genocide was being committed and it took years to get the global leadership to acknowledge this.

Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar pin new hope on OIC support

ARAB NEWS
SHEHAB SUMON
August 13, 2023

A joint delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees conducts a humanitarian visit to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh from Aug. 6 to 11. (UNHCR)

• Rohingya refugees believe organization can ‘help us more’ as largest platform of Muslim ummah
• Joint OIC, UN visit seen as ‘positive contribution’ to keeping Rohingya issue at top of global agenda

DHAKA: Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar have sought support from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation as they continue to face uncertainties about their future compounded by a massive cut in UN food rations this year.

A new wave of violence rocks Rohingya camps

THE HINDU
July 18, 2023
Arun Devnath

Armed groups killed over 40 Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh in 2022, while at least 48 refugees were killed in the first half of 2023, according to a rights group

File photo of a Rohingya refugee camp, near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: AP

In a brazen, daylight attack earlier this month, a group of assailants knifed a Rohingya community leader to death in Cox’s Bazar and fled. The death of Mohammad Ebadullah, 35, sent a shockwave through the Kutupalong block where he had provided community service. It all played out when a delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), led by Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan, a British lawyer, was interviewing refugees in another block of the camp.

HRW condemns armed gang violence against Rohingya in Cox's Bazaar

asianews

07/14/2023,

The human rights groups slams Bangladesh for failing to protect Rohingya refugees and take effective steps against drug dealing, human trafficking, and murder in the camps. In Myanmar, the military’s brutal crackdown continues, while ASEAN foreign ministers fail again to do anything in their latest meeting.

Cox's Bazar (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Bangladeshi authorities of failing to protect Rohingya refugees from armed gangs involved in drug trafficking, extortion, kidnappings, and murders inside refugee camps.