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I don't understand why people don't ask why Gazans have to pay thousands of dollars in order to enter Egypt for safety.

This isn't actually a normal thing. When the invasion of Ukraine began, Poland accepted nearly 2 million refugees alone. They didn't have to wait and pay to get their name on a list.

Okay you say but Egypt is a very different country than Poland.

Okay well take Bangladesh then, you didn't see Rohingya Muslims forced to pay thousands of dollars to flee Myanmar. To this day, the Kutupalong refugee camp is the largest in the world. Bangladesh is a country with far far less resources than say a country such as Poland. Yet they still had their borders open.

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A Rohingya man in peaceful devotion, fingers moving gently along his prayer beads, finding solace and strength in every recited word

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DESIGN FOR REFUGEE

The process of re-imagining play has created a set of design principles that are explored through a series of modular typologies that are geared towards addressing the socio-cultural issues in the Kutupalong refugee camp through adaptable and flexible design.

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The Rohingya fled genocide. Now, violence stalks them as refugees.

March 7, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EST Mohammad Ismail, 24, lost a forearm and lower leg in an abduction and attack in September. One member of his family had already been killed. By the end of the year, three others would be dead. (Turjoy Chowdhury for The Washington Post) Comment on this story Comment KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — Just after 2:30 a.m. on a humid night, Mohammad Ismail was walking his…

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Targeted killings terrorize Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camp, Bangladesh

March 7, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EST Mohammad Ismail, 24, lost a forearm and lower leg in an abduction and attack in September. One member of his family had already been killed. By the end of the year, three others would be dead. (Turjoy Chowdhury for The Washington Post) Comment on this story Comment KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — Just after 2:30 a.m. on a humid night, Mohammad Ismail was walking his…

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Massive fire at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh displaces 12,000

Comment on this story Comment KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — A massive fire ripped through the Rohingya refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, displacing about 12,000 people, authorities said. The disaster comes amid deteriorating conditions at the Kutupalong mega camp, home to nearly a million Rohingya, most of whom arrived after fleeing a genocidal campaign by the Myanmar military in…

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12,000 Left Shelterless By Massive Fire At Rohingya Camp In Bangladesh

The blaze was brought under control in less than three hours. Kutupalong: A fire destroyed 2,000 shelters at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, an official said. The fire broke out around 2:45 pm (0845 GMT) at camp number 11 in Kutupalong, one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, and rapidly engulfed the…

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Driven by desperation, Rohingya refugees risk their lives at sea#Driven #desperation #Rohingya #refugees #risk #lives #sea

“I agreed with my son’s decision to go to Malaysia, but I lost my son,” Hussain, 65, said. “Now I don’t know why I should live.” Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country, has long been a top destination for Rohingya refugees, some of whom later send for their families to join them. Young women are also transported there to marry Rohingya men whom they may or may not know. Kutupalong resident Mohammad…

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A Rohingya woman bringing his food supplies in #kutupalong #refugees camp #reportage #bangladesh (presso Kutupalong Refugee Camps, Cox's Bazar) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByrctsZg8a8/?igshid=19e4dqmqi1ydg

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COVID-19: Conservación de la naturaleza y salud en el campo de refugiados más grande del mundo

COVID-19: Conservación de la naturaleza y salud en el campo de refugiados más grande del mundo

Diversos programas internacionales tratan de compaginar la conservación de la naturaleza y la seguridad alimentaria en los asentamientos de Bazar de Cox. La pandemia de COVID-19 los ha paralizado.

Víctor Resco de Dios

Faqrul Islam Chowdhury

En la ciudad de Bazar de Cox, en la costa oeste de Bangladesh, el campo de Kutupalong acoge a cientos de miles de refugiados rohingyás. UN Women/Flickr, CC…

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Ukhia, Bangladesh: Children with handmade waterproofs during monsoon rainfall at Kutupalong refugee camp.

Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

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Fire rips through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh leaving thousands homeless | CNN

CNN  —  A massive fire has ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, local Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam told CNN. Sweeping through the Kutupalong refugee camp in the afternoon, the blaze gutted around 2,000 huts before it was brought under control, Islam said. No casualties have…

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Bangladesh: Fire in Rohingya refugee camp leaves thousands homeless

CNN  —  A massive fire ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, local Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam told CNN. Sweeping through the Kutupalong refugee camp in the afternoon, the blaze gutted around 2,000 huts before it was brought under control, Islam said. No casualties have been…

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What is a Refugee Camp?

It’s a valid question for anyone unfamiliar with the everyday struggles refugees face all around the world, so today, with help from USA for UNHCR, let’s go in depth on what exactly a refugee camp is.

Per their website, USA for UNHCR explains that refugee camps are “temporary facilities built to provide immediate protection and assistance to people who have been forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution or violence.” Quite simply, they are places to for people to go when they have nowhere else to go. They can be what separates one from living and dying. They are very, very important, so it only makes sense we should know more about them.

Startling numbers about refugee camps:

6 million refugees live in refugee camps- 22% of the world’s overall refugee population.

800k Rohingya refugees are hosted in Kutupalong refugee resettlement in Bangladesh- more than the total population of Washington, D.C.

More than half of refugees living in Za’atari and Azraq refugee camp are children.

Services provided at camps:

Shelter

Food

Emergency relief items

Water and sanitation

Healthcare and counseling

Registration and legal aid

Length of time refugees live in camps:

“The average length of time that refugees spend in camps varies depending on the crisis. In protracted refugee situations - where mass displacement has affected a country for five years or more -, refugees may spend years and even decades living in camps and it is common to have entire generations growing up in the camps.” -USA for UNHCR.

Fact:

The vast majority of refugees (about 78%) do not live in camps, but rather in cities. Unfortunately, urban locations, while they do offer more opportunities to find employment, they also present major challenges for refugees, as they are often forced to share housing or live in “non-functional buildings, collective centers, slums or other types of informal settlements with substandard living conditions.”

The largest refugee camp in the world is:

The Kutupalong refugee resettlement, located in the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh. The settlement hosts more than 800,000 refugees (who fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, and who more than half are children) among its 26 camps.

USA for UNCHCR heartbreakingly explains, “On March 22, a massive fire broke out at Kutupalong refugee camp, destroying 9,500 shelters and leaving more than 45,000 refugees temporarily homeless. Approximately 1,600 important infrastructure facilities - including hospitals, learning centers, aid distribution points and a registration center - were also destroyed. For the thousands of Rohingya refugees who had already suffered trauma when they were forced to flee Myanmar in 2017, this will be the second time they will have to restart their lives.”

COVID-19 impact on refugee camps:

Last year, “many countries temporarily suspended their resettlement programs, leaving millions of refugees stranded and without the possibility to restart their lives. From the 1.44 million refugees in need of resettlement last year, fewer than two percent were resettled - the lowest resettlement numbers recorded in almost two decades and an 80 percent reduction from the previous year.”

How to help:

USA for UNHCR explains how becoming a monthly donor is the best way to help them “ensure families in refugee camps have access to immediate aid, including critical supplies and programs to help them rebuild their lives.”

In a time when so many people are suffering in so many ways all around the world, even a little can go a very long way. Thank you to USA for UNHCR for all the work you to do help the global refugee crisis.

All information in today’s post is from USA for UNHCR’s website. Please click here if you want more info and to see more ways to help.

(images via USA for UNHCR, here and here)

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Urgent Action: Rohingya Law Student Suspended from Studies (Bangladesh: UA 118.19)

University student Rohima Akter Khushi has been suspended during her second semester at a private university in Cox’s Bazar solely due to her being Rohingya. One of the very few Rohingya young women who have braved all odds to pursue higher education, denying her access solely based on her identity is an affront to the human rights commitment that Bangladesh has made under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 

Rohima Akter Khushi, 20, is a young Rohingya refugee woman, the eldest of five siblings born in the Kutupalong registered refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. She is one of about 34,000 registered Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. After completing her higher secondary education at Cox’s Bazar Government Women’s College in 2018, she enrolled for a Bachelor of Law degree at the Cox’s Bazar International University in January 2019.  

After an international news agency featured her in a video story as one of the very few Rohingya young women to have been able to achieve academic excellence, the private university suspended her from continuing further education at the institution on 6 September 2019 solely on the basis of her Rohingya identity. The university authorities told Amnesty International that they suspended her education as no Rohingya can study in any public or private university as per the rule of Bangladesh government.  

The young woman has since been suffering from depression. “I’m inside a house like jail,” she told Amnesty International. 

Take action now - write to the authorities in Bangladesh before 25th October 2019

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Remember those less fortunate. #rohingya #kutupalong #refugeecrisis #kalamabul408 Thanks to Refugee photographer @kalamabul408 https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKgdQHlK7h/?igshid=refl6dznct0z