Doctors from UAE and Bangladesh treat thousands of Rohingya

[N]THE NATIONAL
Feb 16, 2019

Sheikha Fatima campaign is stepping up efforts to support the refugees

 

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. UAE doctors are providing medical aid to them. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters 

 

Efforts have been stepped up by the UAE to help thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Thousands of refugees are living in squalid camps near the Bangladeshi border town of Cox's Bazar, after escaping violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.