S.Korea provides IOM $1.0m to support fire affected Rohingya families

Financial Express

FE ONLINE REPORT

April 12, 2021 

South Korea has decided to provide emergency support of $1.0 million to the International Organization of Migration (IOM) to support the Rohingya community in Cox’s Bazar.

These funds will contribute to the massive humanitarian efforts required to respond to the devastating fire that broke out on March 22 in several Rohingya refugee camps, said a press statement of IOM on Sunday.

97% Rohingya families use LPG

Dhaka Tribune
Mehedi Al Amin
January 8th, 2020

 File photo of a Rohingya camp in Cox's BazarSyed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

The demand for firewood on average has dropped by 80% per household

At least 97% of Rohingya families are now using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) instead of firewood.

The demand for firewood on average has dropped by 80% per household in the Rohingya camps located around the Cox’s Bazar district, a year on from the advent of the refugee crisis in 2017.