Heartbreaking and Preventable
It's devastating to see these tragedies unfold year after year. We can't keep treating this as an unexpected disaster when the risks are so clear.
UN urges more land for Rohingya camps amid deadly landslides
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The UN refugee agency called on Thursday for additional land to ease overcrowding in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps after heavy rains triggered landslides that have killed at least 15 people. More than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees, many of whom fled Myanmar during a brutal military crackdown in 2017, live in congested camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. The refugees live in basic shelters on hillsides cleared of trees — making the land unstable during monsoon rains.