It is one of the most densely populated and at the same time the poorest countries in the world. There are more than one thousand inhabitants here per one square kilometer. The country’s population is almost 150 million. In the neighboring Myanmar, since mid-2017, thousands of the Rohingya people have lost their lives, their villages have been burned down, and the survivors approached the border with Bangladesh. Within several months, more than 750 refugees settled in the border area.
29.07.2021
The situation in the camp in Bangladesh continues to be difficult. The torrential monsoon rains and strong winds are relentless. They are causing further flash floods and landslides. According to initial reports, 12,000 camp residents have been affected and 2,500 huts are under water or have collapsed as a result of mudslides.
The situation has been escalating since Tuesday. For the time being, extreme rainfall is forecast for the next few days. It is still too early to observe and assess the scale of the damage.
In the last 24 hours alone, more than 300 mm of water has fallen in a place where nearly a million Rohingya have been living for years. This is almost half the average monthly rainfall for the entire month of July. The monsoon season will last another three months and the situation is further complicated by rigorous restrictions which have been implemented as a result of another wave of Covid-19 infections which is gaining momentum.
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29.06.2023
Fires and floods are two elements they have to live with, but they are being killed by most of the world looking the other way. Neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar wants to remember the Rohingya people. Driven by machetes and fire from their own homes, they are trying to build a new one among a hostile […]
26.05.2023
Their own backs protected their children from the flames and from scenes straight out of their worst nightmares. In the Rohingya camp, it is hard to find a mother whose burns would not betray the kind of hell she and her children literally went through. A hell from which she carried them out in her […]
06.03.2023
First there is a loud cracking sound. Later there is smoke. Finally, flames shoot up. You can hear them roaring. The ground trembles. Yesterday afternoon, the world’s largest refugee camp went up in flames again. For the Rohingya people, the flames are their biggest nightmare. In August 2017, Burmese generals carried out an ethnic cleansing […]
