Interviews COVID-19: ‘Population density is a challenge’, in the Rohingya camps  ...

In Geneva, UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic relayed Government confirmation that one Rohingya refugee had tested positive for the new coronavirus , in the Kutapalong settlement in Cox’s Bazar, along with ... about the potentially severe impact of the virus in a densely populated refugee settlement, sheltering some 860,000 Rohingya refugees”, he said, speaking via videconference. “Another 400,000 Bangladeshis live in the surrounding host ... further pressure on extremely vulnerable individuals preparing for the approaching monsoon season. Grim anniversary for Rohingya This coming August marks three years since the mainly ethnic Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar fled violent persecution ...

... across the world. They include the Cox’s Bazar complex in Bangladesh, home to around one million mainly ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar, the majority having fled persecution that was likened to ethnic cleansing by former top UN rights ...

... that thousands of lives may be at stake if the stranded people are unable disembark. Those at sea include hundreds of Rohingya, ethnic communities from Western Myanmar who faced persecution that was likened to ethnic cleansing by former top ...