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  1. Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

    • Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mostly refer to forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals from Myanmar who are living in Bangladesh. The Rohingya people have experienced ethnic and religious persecution in Myanmar for decades. Hundreds of thousands have fled to other countries in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines. The majorit… See more

    History

    Rohingyas are a Muslim minority in Myanmar regarded by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal migrants from … See more

    Relocation

    In 2015 the government of Bangladesh proposed a relocation plan for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal. The plan was pushed back following criticism b… See more

    Repatriation

    After the ARSA attacks on 25 August 2017 and subsequent humanitarian crisis, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali met with Myanmar officials on 2 October 2017, later stating after their meeting th… See more

    Health issues

    Since the rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh began in 2017, public health officials have been concerned that a myriad of health issues among the refugees would arise. As predicted, mental health has deterio… See more

    Education

    Bangladesh's government has prohibited Rohingyas from being formally educated outside their camps. The policy also applies to those born and raised in Bangladesh (they are not issued birth certificates). Some refug… See more

    Security implications for Bangladesh

    A number of scholars have expressed concerns about the security implications for Bangladesh of the Rohingyas' prolonged stay. See more

     
  1. Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mostly refer to forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals from Myanmar who are living in Bangladesh. The Rohingya people have experienced ethnic and religious persecution in Myanmar for decades.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_refugees_in_Bangl…
    Between 1991 and 1992, ethnic violence led an exodus of an estimated 250,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh. Today, over 1.1 million Rohingya refugees reside in Bangladesh after fleeing widespread government-initiated ethnic violence, deemed as ethnic cleansing by the United Nations, in Myanmar beginning in 2017.
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  2. Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained - USA for UNHCR

    Aug 22, 2024 · In August 2017, armed attacks, massive scale violence, and serious human rights violations forced thousands of Rohingya to flee their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Many walked for days through jungles and …

  3. Rohingya crisis - UNICEF

    Seven years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled attacks and violence in Myanmar, joining refugees already in Bangladesh from previous waves of displacement, about half a million Rohingya refugee children are growing up in …

  4. Myanmar/Bangladesh: Rohingya community facing …

    Oct 24, 2024 · Newly arrived Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent access to food, shelter and medical attention after enduring the worst violence against their communities since the Myanmar military-led campaign in 2017, …

  5. Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support …

    Aug 22, 2023 · Current funding for critical aid efforts supporting Rohingya refugees living in camps in southern Bangladesh is simply not enough, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said, as dwindling...

  6. What Is Happening With the Rohingya Refugees in …

    Mar 30, 2024 · Instead, a new threat is stalking the roughly one million Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar who have resettled in refugee camps in Bangladesh: a surge in deadly violence from some of their own people.

  7. Rohingya Refugee Crisis - UNICEF

    Hundreds of thousands of terrorised Rohingya fled from Rakhine as they came under violent attack and villages were razed. This triggered an unprecedented exodus across the border to neighbouring Bangladesh. Within a few weeks, …

  8. Bangladesh - UNHCR

    About one million Rohingya refugees live in the largest refugee camp in the world in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The Rohingya are an ethnic minority who have been denied citizenship in Myanmar, making them the world’s largest stateless …

  9. Bangladesh: New Rohingya Refugees Lack Protection, Aid

    Sep 26, 2024 · Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) forces have pushed back thousands of Rohingya since early August 2024. On September 23, Bangladeshi security forces arrested an estimated 100 Rohingya refugees in a...

  10. Six years since the Rohingya refugee influx in Bangladesh, UNHCR ...