New shelter eases monsoon threat for young Rohingya family
After fleeing to the world’s largest refugee settlement, young Rohingya parents lived in fear of monsoon weather before moving to new home on stilts.
UN appeals for US$877 million for Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh
United Nations agencies and NGO partners today launched the 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.
Taking on traffickers at the world’s largest refugee site
UNHCR works closely with Bangladesh authorities to protect vulnerable Rohingya refugees from abduction and human trafficking.
Rohingya man’s mission to reunite parents with their lost children now a new film
Documentary by award-winning director follows a refugee dedicated to bringing shattered families back together in Bangladesh.
Clinic helps refugees and Bangladeshis in pain
A physiotherapy clinic set up by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in south-east Bangladesh treats Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi hosts side by side.
UNHCR flies in relief for Somalis cut off by flooding
Monday’s delivery of humanitarian supplies will be the first of many to support Somalia, which has experienced its worst flooding in years.
The Rohingya: Two years later
In 2017, an outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State triggered a mass exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees
Rohingya girls leave lasting impression with Canadian staffer on first UNHCR misson
UNHCR Director of the Division of External Relations, Dominque Hyde met with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on her first mission in this new role.
How improved water access is changing lives in Bangladesh
After arriving in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees found themselves living in crowded areas, coping with strained sanitation infrastructure and water supplies.
Refugee movements in South East Asia decrease, but threats on their journey rise
Refugee movements in South East Asia dropped sharply over the 18 months between January 2018 and June 2019, but the threats for those fleeing violence.