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Rohingya refugees are still living in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh a year after they fled Myanmar.
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Rohingya emergency one year on: UN says thousands of lives saved, but challenges remain

24 August 2018
Asia Pacific

Significant progress has been made in protecting hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the 12 months since they fled violence in Myanmar, but lives “will once again be at risk” if funding is not urgently secured, UN officials said on Friday.

A boy carries one of the bamboo poles, which were unloaded near the settlement for use in building basic shelters, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on 8 July 2018.
UNICEF/Patrick Brown

UNICEF warns of ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya youth, one year after Myanmar exodus

22 August 2018
Asia Pacific

The refugee crisis in Bangladesh sparked by the mass exodus of people from Myanmar almost a year ago risks creating a “lost generation” of Rohingya children who lack the life skills they will need in future, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.