Homeless Once Again: Deadly Floods, Landslides Devastate Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh
Nearly a foot of rain fell on camps hosting more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees. An estimated 2500 shelters have been damaged or destroyed 每 affecting more than 12,000 refugees in the last 24 hours alone. Since August 2017 some 700,000 minority Muslim Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanma crossing the border into Bangladesh.
An estimated 2,500 shelters have been damaged or destroyed 每 affecting more than 12,000 refugees, in the last 24 hours alone, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that nearly a foot of rain fell on camps hosting more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees.
※That＊s nearly half the monthly rainfall average for July in one day§, pointed out the UN agency.
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Since August 2017, some 700,000 minority Muslim Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanma, crossing the border into Bangaldesh＊s Cox＊s Bazar, joining hundreds of thousands of others already settled in overcrowded camps there.
According to media reports, at least 11 people have died, and thousands are homeless again.
The UNHCR warned that as the monsoon season will stretch for another three months, more casualties are expected.
"I saw many terrible situations in the camps," said Kasim, a refugee in one of the worst affected areas. "Shelters were under water, mothers were running with their children crying." https://t.co/uB8Sa9RsIi#Rohingya #Bangladesh #floods pic.twitter.com/qOhkR50X5v
〞 Poppy McPherson (@poppymcp) July 27, 2021
Rohingya condition in Bangladesh refugee camp ?@Cycycy2021 @poppymcp @MayWongCNA @UNHCR_BGD @RapporteurUn @YangheeLeeSKKU @ pic.twitter.com/im4fHBe7hI
〞 DRFS, Rohingya base Org (@MJubair14) July 27, 2021
Dangerous flooding in the #Rohingya #refugee camps of #Bangladesh.
〞 Shafiur Rahman (@shafiur) July 27, 2021
Scenes from Camp 6 by Mohammed Hossain. #Myanmar #refugees. pic.twitter.com/wFlEm88qGK
The impacts of the monsoon are compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, UNHCR noted, reminding that currently the entire country is under a lockdown in response to rising cases across the nation.
The adverse weather, latest landslides and floods further exacerbate the suffering and massive humanitarian needs of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
