Whove been persecuted in their home country of myanmarfor decades. Life in the camps is hard. Rations have been cut to 8 a month, employment is prohibited and crime is rife. Five rohingya gangs now operate in the camps and theyre Killing Hundreds of their fellow refugees. At 1 30am, we get reports of another murder. Entry to the camps is forbidden at night, but our team is just outside and have made contact with the victims family. His name was muhammad yusuf. Nabi hossain is a rohingya drug gang that uses the camps to Traffic Methamphetamines from myanmar to bangladesh. As muhammads family wait for the body to be released, they tell us the gruesome details of how he was killed. With the gangs stalking the camps, its too dangerous for refugees to speak openly about the violence. But this man has agreed to meet a secret location. Mohammed taher was a Community Leader in kutupalongs camp 16. Two years ago, gangs started Smuggling Drugs through his area. Taher was blindfolded and taken to another location. On the final day, the gangsters attacked taher with a hammer and then left him in a ditch. His leg never recovered and, two years on, hes still getting Death Threats. Fearing for his life, taher says he approached unhcr ten times, asking to be relocated somewhere safe. They are the uns Refugee Agency and they have a unit dedicated to protection issues. Taher says theyve not responded. Taher is not the only one whos been ignored by unhcr. My name is mohib ullah. Im a Rohingya Genocide survivor. Mohib ullah is one of the most Famous Rohingya activists. He was a teacher back in myanmar but emerged as a Community Leader after arriving in bangladesh. He set up a Human Rights Organisation and also campaigned for the rohingyas� safe return to myanmar. Mohib� s lawyer, eva buzo, says his pursuit of International Justice posed a threat to the armed gangs operating in the camps. You know, there is a dominance of armed groups and these actors who want to achieve their Political Goals through violent means, and mohib was the antithesis of that. He was shot dead in september 2021. It was a major blow to the Rohingya Community with Tens Of Thousands coming out for his funeral. Mohib knew the gangs were planning to kill him, so he wrote to unhcr asking for protection, but no measures were put in place. I would describe unhcrs attitude as indifferent. They always did what they could to discredit him and say, who does he think he is . Hes just a teacher. One Protection Officer described him as a malicious character to me. Another one called him an effing idiot to me. You know, they really didnt like mohib. Unhcr has an explicit remit to protect refugees and it asks donor governments to provide 32 million a year in order to fund its protection programme. I had a conversation with unhcr after mohib� s murder where i said, you know, this is going to have a Chilling Effect on Human Rights Activists within the Rohingya Community, that mohib had these protection risks that went unmet. And the Unhcr Protection Person said to me, point blank, well, if speaking out on these issues causes protection risks, then they should stop speaking out about these issues. The gang most often accused of committing violence in the camps is the Arakan Rohingya salvation army, better known as arsa. They emerged in 2016 and claim to be revolutionaries that are fighting for the rights of rohingya in myanmar. Our team has made contact with a former member of the group who were calling � ahmed. He says the group used to be genuine Freedom Fighters but things changed when the rohingya were forcibly displaced to bangladesh. With arsa now acting more like a mafia, it started to lose support amongst the rohingya. After one camp leader refused to cooperate with arsa, ahmed was given this order. In fact, ahmed was given multiple orders to kill his fellow rohingya. He refused them all and left the organisation. But the murders have continued. More than 300 Rohingya Refugees have been killed in the last five years. Like mohib, many of them were Community Leaders and activists who opposed the gangs activities. The Bangladeshi Government allows unhcr to run one secure camp where a limited number of refugees can live under guard. Unhcr has also resettled a handful of vulnerable rohingya to third countries, though few foreign governments participate in this programme. Yet weve verified at least four other cases where rohingya Community Leaders with credible Death Threats against them were murdered or attacked after their appeals to unhcr went unanswered. Its a story we hear again and again. Weve also been told that theyre failing to protect women who challenged the gangs conservative views on gender. Were going to call this woman � rashida. She was working as a translator for International Ngos when she started to receive Death Threats. Most of the threats were delivered via audio message, but members of her family were also physically harassed. This is a photo of her brother after a gang beating in october 2022. Rashida says she met with unhcr three times, requesting protection, but was offered no support. A few months later, her brother was kidnapped and a ransom demanded. Upon her release, rashida went straight to the doctor and kept the medical record as evidence of the assaults. She says she presented this document to unhcr and once again asked to be relocated somewhere safe. Its illegal for Rohingya Refugees to privately rent accommodation outside the camps. But fearing for her life, rashida felt she had no choice. She continued to visit unhcr offices, requesting that her family be formally relocated to a safer location. Six months later, she was attacked again. The kidnappers sent a video of rashidas limp body to her family with more threats. Rashida showed us her medical records from the day after this alleged attack. The doctors notes are consistent with her description of what took place. Weve found a unhcr worker whos keen to expose the failings within the organisation. As a member of the unhcr Protection Unit field team, hes often the first person a refugee contacts when theyre getting threats from the gangs. For years, hes been referring these cases to his bangladeshi managers. Unhcr says this violates their Code Of Conduct and that they would investigate. Unhcr is not responsible for maintaining security in the camps that falls upon the Bangladeshi Government. Weve been invited along with their Armed Police Battalion as they search for gang members in the camps. They stop after an hour because its raining, having made no arrests. Back in the camps, theres been another killing. Were following rohingya journalist and youtuber Saiful Arakani as he goes to investigate. Saiful� s journalism has made him a target, so hes got to be quick informants could tell the gangs that hes here. Ten minutes later, hes on his way back to an apartment outside the camps that hes renting for his own safety. After receiving Death Threats, saiful contacted unhcr, asking for protection. These are just a few of the emails he sent which went unanswered for a year. Eventually, unhcr did respond and moved saiful to a new shelter in an extension to camp 4. This is not their secure camp and is, in fact, an area of kutupalong where arsa is known to have a major presence. Weve independently verified Gang Activity in camp 4 extension at that time, and saiful says he secretly recorded this video of Security Guards confirming the presence of gunmen in the camp. In an email seen by the bbc, unhcr denied any Gang Activity and said saiful was spreading false information. According to eva buzo, unhcr has downplayed the threat posed by gangs at the request of the Bangladeshi Government, who also put restrictions on their work. This is something the Bangladeshi Government has previously denied. The issue with unhcr is that they say that theyre the ones with the mandate to protect refugees but they are just playing second fiddle to whatever the host country is saying. Thats not what we need for the unh for the un refugee protection agency. We need an agency that says, we stand for the protection of refugees and if we cannot fulfil our mandate, then we will leave. We asked Unhcrs Deputy director in asia and the pacific, ellen hansen, whether her organisation is fulfilling its remit to protect refugees. Its sometimes challenging to meet what might be legitimate expectations of refugees and, you know, frankly, funding has been reducing steadily for the last three years. So, i think its a wake up call for us. Its also a wake up call for the International Community about this extremely vulnerable population which is, you know, really struggling. Gang violence is now worse than ever. Earlier this year, an old militant group called the Rohingya Solidarity 0rganisation resurfaced. It attacked an arsa base and the two groups are now engaged in open warfare within the camps with Reprisal Killings happening on a weekly basis. The dire conditions mean thousands are now risking their lives with Human Traffickers in order to escape the camps in bangladesh. A few weeks ago, gang members shot taher� s nephew, zahid. He survived, but hes decided to leave bangladesh. Taher cannot leave because of his injuries and hes still getting constant Death Threats. A few months ago, someone entered his shelter in the night and tried to shoot him with these bullets. Until now, zahid has been the one Protecting Taher and his family within the camps. Now alone, taher fears hell be next. Hello. Storm gerrit has certainly made its presence felt across the uk, with a combination of significant snow, flooding rain and some exceptionally strong winds. Just a selection of the gusts recorded during wednesday and on into the evening. Wind gusts of close to 90mph in the northern isles. Now, on the satellite picture, this storm looks beautiful, this swirl of cloud here. The main body of the wet and windy weather is now sliding away northeastwards, up towards scandinavia, but low pressure is still firmly in charge. Lots of isobars on this chart. That means it is going to stay windy for many of us during thursday, and there will be lots of showers. Those showers heavy, possibly thundery, wintry over hills in the north of the uk. Across england, wales and northern ireland, some very gusty winds, gusting to 40, 50, maybe 60mph around some irish sea coasts, but certainly not as windy as it has been across scotland. Temperature wise, well, 5 or 6 degrees in the north of scotland, 12 or 13 in south wales and southern england, and then, as we head through thursday night, there will be further showers or longer spells of rain. Still some wintriness mixing in across the northern half of the uk with this Northerly Wind Kicking in. That will bring a somewhat chillier feel. In fact, i think well see quite a lot of rain, sleet and snow developing in Northern Scotland by the start of friday morning. That is a sign of things to come. Well see this showery and, at times, wintry, weather continuing to affect northern parts of scotland with a strong northerly wind. Pretty windy in other areas as well. A band of showers across northern ireland, into Northern England, something wintry mixing in here over higher ground, sunshine and showers further south. A slightly chillier feel to the weather on friday, and then into saturday, here comes our next weather system. Some heavy rain in places where we really do not need it. Some snow developing over high ground in Northern England and scotland. We could see some snow to quite low levels for a time in scotland. 5 degrees for aberdeen, 12 degrees for plymouth, and so low pressure will be firmly in charge of our weather as we head towards the end of the year, towards the new years eve celebrations. In fact, this low could well bring another bout of very windy weather indeed. So this is the forecast through new years eve and into new years day. It looks quite unsettled. Live from washington, this is bbc news. The top us diplomat visits mexico to meet with officials on ways to curb an increase of migrants. Donald trump wins a challenge in michigan to allow his name on the ballot there in 202a. The states top Elections Officials talks to the bbc. Israel eyes its border with lebanon as concern grows over the threat posed by iranian backed fighters there. Hello. Im sumi somaskanda. Thank you forjoining us. We start in mexico where top us officials met with their mexican counterparts to address a wave of migrants crossing their shared border. The us� s top diplomat, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken, met with president Andres Manuel lopez 0brador in mexico city. Mr blinken was also accompanied by Homeland Security secretary alejandro mayorkas. Us officials said last week that up to 10,000 people were crossing the Southern Border every day. The republican governor of texas has sent 75,000 migrants to mostly democrat run cities since last april. One of those cities is new york. Its mayor issued an Executive Order on wednesday, requiring charter buses transporting migrants to provide a 32 hours� notice in advance of their arrival into the city. 0ur mexico and Central America correspondent will grant spoke to us earlier about Secretary Of State blinken� s visit to mexico. Can you tell us, what were the significant outcomes of this meeting between Antony Blinken and the Homeland Security secretary and the mexican president . Well, i think these were very much crisis