Rohingyas suffer due to non-stop rainfall

Dhaka Tribune
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
Published July 14th, 2019

Non-stop rainfall has left most of the Rohingya refugee camps waterlogged Courtesy

200,000 camp residents categorized as vulnerable

The suffering of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas living in the settlement camps in Cox’s Bazar continues due to non-stop rainfall for more than two weeks, posing challenges for the administration to deal with the situation.

Bangladesh: Rohingya Face Monsoon Floods, Landslides

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  July 12, 2019

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Rohingya refugees walk in the rain during monsoon season in Jamtoli refugee camp, Bangladesh, June 26, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo

 (New York, July 12, 2019) – Rohingya refugees in crowded camps in Bangladesh are at serious risk of displacement and injury from monsoon flooding and landslides, Human Rights Watch said today. Since early July 2019, flooding and landslides have displaced nearly 6,000 refugees in the camps near Cox’s Bazar, damaged over 3,500 shelters, and killed two people, including a child.

Flash Floods Kill Two, Intensify Suffering in Rohingya Camps

The Irrawaddy

By Muktadir Rashid
10 July 2019
Rohingya refugees walk along a road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on March 6, 2019. / Reuters

DHAKA—Flash floods and monsoon rains have intensified the suffering of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas living in refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, displacing 2,700, damaging 3,400 homes and killing at least two, according to NGOs working in the area.

The Bangladesh government and local and international agencies are keeping volunteers on standby, fearing landslides in the densely populated neighborhoods.

Local authorities so far have recorded two deaths, including one child, during the ongoing monsoon rains.

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh battle monsoon landslides and floods

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Thousands of people have been relocated and at least one person has died after Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh were battered by heavy monsoon rain.

Weather warnings suggest the downpour is likely to continue.

According to UNICEF, more than 3,000 families have been affected. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said it had relocated thousands of refugees in recent days.

The camps house more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees.

The Rohingya are a Muslim minority group who have fled Myanmar in their hundreds of thousands, fleeing persecution.