Louise Donovan

Trained #Rohingya psychosocial support volunteers are working in their communities to reduce anxiety &amp; spread reliable information. 

Mental health is such an important component of the response, &amp; once more refugees show their commitment to supporting their communities. 
#MHPSS https://t.co/eBTRnuPFsU

Rohingya refugee volunteers reaching out to the community to ensure mental health and psychosocial support is one of the key responses during this COVID19 pandemic. https://t.co/SGZC1nsL2R

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UNHCR in Bangladesh

Communication / PI Officer with UNHCR Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. 
Updates & info on the #Rohingya refugee situation

"First Flag" raised across the Rohingya camps in preparation for #CycloneAmphan 

Awareness raising ongoing with trained volunteers, supplies pre-positioned and tie-down kits distributed.

All working together⛈️

#Preparedness

@UNHCRAsia https://t.co/2pF6jrP6eA

UNHCR Asia Pacific

The "First Flag" has been raised across all #Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

Trained volunteers are spreading messaging &amp; raising awareness as part of the national Cyclone Preparedness Programme #CPP. 
Supplies are prepositioned &amp; tie-down kits distributed.
#CycloneAmphan https://t.co/zHrz1zTAJC

A depression in the Bay of Bangal has developed into a #Cyclone overnight. 

All partners and volunteers are mobilized, while the "first flag" for early warning has been raised in the Cox's Bazar camps this morning. 

#Preparedness
#CycloneAmphan https://t.co/l6DMhkL6n2

With the intensification of an area of low pressure into a #cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, partners and volunteers are raising the "First Flag" of warning in the Rohingya refugee camps

Information sharing &amp; preparation measures in full swing with all partners #CPP #CycloneAmphan https://t.co/n0jFmR0ytg

“Established procedures are in place to respond to suspected and confirmed cases of CoVID-19 in the host as well as refugee population of Cox’s Bazar”
https://t.co/5Jczxls9Ny

"There are serious concerns about potentially severe impact of the virus in the densely populated refugee camps sheltering 860,000 Rohingya refugees. Another 400,000 Bangladeshis live in the surrounding host communities...among the most at risk globally"

https://t.co/Ad1yrP3u0W

UNHCR teams all over the Asia Pacific region @UNHCRAsia, working together w Governments, UN, NGO's and civil society.

"We are all in this together, because no one is safe, until we are all safe"

Very proud of the work of my team here, featuring @HimuIffath and #AreezRahman! ? https://t.co/BftxUeCuCt

Iffath Yeasmine Himu

We are here in Asia and the Pacific ?, committed to #StayandDeliver for refugees and the communities hosting them. 

Learn more from UNHCR colleagues from across the region on what we've been doing to help respond to #COVID19. https://t.co/pW24Td1sTA

Official account of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Asia and the Pacific. Follow us for stories of hope and resilience from around the region.

Refugee volunteer Babu Nisa discusses the challenges of distance #education during COVID-19:

“Learning centres are not for studying only,” she said. “They grow here. They enjoy their time and snacks here, along with education"

@HimuIffath 
@UNHCRAsia  

https://t.co/D32OX562gE

"We call on States to continue &amp; expand search &amp; rescue efforts, &amp; to ensure that landing procedures &amp; reception conditions are safe &amp; humane."
@Refugees 
@UNHCRAsia 
@UNmigration 
@UNODC 

https://t.co/IlRkNziz13

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

IOM - UN Migration

UN Office on Drugs & Crime

"UNHCR has all preparations in place to ensure the safe quarantine of any refugees arriving by boat to Cox's Bazar, as a precautionary measure related to the COVID-19 pandemic"

https://t.co/UIM2ax4GG4

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