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![Up to 15,000 newly arrived Rohingya refugees stranded at border](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/59dc839b3-rohingya-bangladesh.jpg)
Up to 15,000 newly arrived Rohingya refugees stranded at border
UNHCR concerned about humanitarian conditions as the refugees await permission to move away from the border. COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the humanitarian conditions of thousands of ...![UNHCR readies aid amid Rohingya refugee surge in Bangladesh](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/59dbd1714-966x675.jpg)
UNHCR readies aid amid Rohingya refugee surge in Bangladesh
Smoke rises on the Myanmar side of the border, as seen from Palangkhali in Bangladesh on 5 October 2017 – four days before a fresh influx of refugees arrived via the nearby Anjumanpara border ...![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
Praising response so far, UNHCR chief says he has rarely seen people in so much need. GENEVA – Returning from a visit to the region, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi spoke ...![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)