Gulf Today
Shashank Bengali, Tribune News Service
25 Jan 2020
Rohingya refugees take part in a prayer as they gather to mark the
second anniversary of the exodus at the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar,
Bangladesh. Reuters
The biggest refugee camps in the world, on a coastal strip in southern Bangladesh, house 1 million Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar in flimsy shacks vulnerable to flooding and deadly encounters with elephants.
Now Bangladesh says it has readied a new, purpose-built refugee settlement complete with concrete housing, flood defences, food warehouses, freshly paved roads, mosques and a solar grid.
Now Bangladesh says it has readied a new, purpose-built refugee settlement complete with concrete housing, flood defences, food warehouses, freshly paved roads, mosques and a solar grid.