Miserable Camps : Bangladesh Expects to Start Repatriating Rohingya Refugees Back to Myanmar But When? Published January 21st, 2021 - 08:02 GMT
Rohingya refugees search for their belongings after a fire broke out at Nayapara refugee camp in Teknaf on January 14, 2021. AFP
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More details of the repatriation will be discussed by Bangladesh and Myanmar early in February.
Bangladeshi authorities are expecting the long-awaited repatriation of Rohingya refugees to begin this year following an agreement with Myanmar, officials in Dhaka said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh is hosting more than 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims at cramped makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar, which is considered the world’s largest refugee settlement. Most have fled violence and persecution following a military crackdown by the Myanmar army in Rakhine state in 2017.
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A huge fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp on Thursday destroying more than 550 shanty homes, but while 3,500 people were left homeless no serious casualties were reported, aid agencies said.
Over 500 Shanty Huts of Rohingya Refugees Destroyed by Fire in Bangladesh
UNHCR said more than 550 shelters – home to at least 3,500 people – were either totally or partially destroyed in the fire in a Rohingya refugee camp.
NAYAPARA: A massive blaze claimed more than 500 shanty homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.
According to reports, the massive inferno left 3,500 people homeless while 150 shops were damaged with no serious casualties registered.
Rezwan Hayat, Head of Refugee Cell in Bangladesh said that the incident took place at around 2 am at the Nayapara camp. The houses were made of tin and bamboo. We have immediately supplied hot food and bamboo and tarpaulins to the affected people to reconstruct their homes, he said.