![Grandi highlights needs of refugees in Bangladesh](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/59c8bdbd4.jpg)
![Grandi highlights needs of refugees in Bangladesh](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/59c8bdbd4.jpg)
![Disease threatens refugees in Bangladesh in unplanned sites](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rohinya-Resize2.jpg)
Disease threatens refugees in Bangladesh in unplanned sites
Racing to prevent a ‘disaster within a disaster,’ UNHCR ups vaccine, clean water and sanitation drives in informal Bangladesh settlements. KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP EXTENSION, Bangladesh – It is about 10 steps from mother Khaleda Begum’s flimsy ...![Elderly Rohingya rely on families to carry them to safety](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BLOG1-2.jpg)
Elderly Rohingya rely on families to carry them to safety
The old and sick are among the most vulnerable of the estimated 370,000 Rohingya who fled violence in Myanmar. Many are carried to Bangladesh by relatives. This is not how Mabia Khatun, 75, imagined ...![Rohingya refugee shines at Malaysia learning centre](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/UNHCR-Adnan-Ishak.jpg)
Rohingya refugee shines at Malaysia learning centre
At age 15, Ishak bears the weight of his family’s expectations. He’s overcome racial discrimination and the additional challenges of his refugee status to become a school football star, a straight-A student and possibly ...![Baw Meh dreams of a safer future for her grandchildren](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bm8.jpg)
Baw Meh dreams of a safer future for her grandchildren
Baw Meh, 78 years old: “I got married very young. My parents arranged it. We never saw each other before the wedding. He said, you’re very slim, and I said, you’re handsome and manly. ...![Bay of Bengal boat flow manageable with regional cooperation—UNHCR](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12042015_bengal.jpg)
Bay of Bengal boat flow manageable with regional cooperation—UNHCR
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 4 (UNHCR)—As the resumption of dangerous sea journeys in the Bay of Bengal looms, countries in the region today affirmed that the only way to reduce loss of life at sea ...![Ongoing Myanmar conflict traps villagers in crossfire](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/10282015_myanmar.jpg)
Ongoing Myanmar conflict traps villagers in crossfire
MYITKYINA, Myanmar, Oct 28 (UNHCR)—Htoi Pan vividly recalls the moment when the fighter jets streaked across the sky over her village in northern Myanmar, piercing the calm of that late June morning. A former ...![UNHCR backs increased protection for people fleeing disasters and climate change](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/10142015_climate-change.jpg)
UNHCR backs increased protection for people fleeing disasters and climate change
GENEVA, Oct 14, (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency has joined 110 nations in pledging to strengthen steps to protect people displaced across borders by disasters and climate change and launched an overview highlighting its work ...![More than one month after Cyclone Komen, some impacted people remain homeless](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/09212015_cyclone1.jpg)
More than one month after Cyclone Komen, some impacted people remain homeless
PONNAGYUN, Myanmar, Sept 21 (UNHCR)–More than one month on from the collapse of their home in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, Ma Nge and her 10-year-old son remain homeless. The strong winds created by Cyclone ...![Abandoned at Sea](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/08272015_AbandonedAtSea-1080x675.jpg)