Monsoon destroys Rohingya shelters, sparking record UN emergency food agency response in Bangladesh

UN News

13 September 2019

Humanitarian Aid

 

WFP/Nihab Rahman
The UN World Food Programme launched its biggest rapid food response following heavy rains and flash flooding in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps and host communities. 

 

Unusually heavy monsoon rains have inundated shelters in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh creating “havoc”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as it launched its biggest emergency response of the year for displaced Rohingya families. 

UN: Conditions in Rohingya camps improved, emergency prevails

Dhaka Tribune
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.

UAE contribution helps assist nearly 133,000 Rohingya refugees in emergency nutrition programme

GULF NEWS
Published:  July 16, 2019
Ashfaq Ahmed, Associate Editor - Online

Dubai: UAE’s contribution to assist more than 133,000 Rohingya refugees hailed by the UN Refugees Agency as the UNHCR concluded its emergency nutrition project in Bangladesh. The UN Refugee Agency in Bangladesh has assisted nearly 133,000 Rohingya refugees through an integrated nutrition project thanks to generous financial support from the United Arab Emirates.