It's one of the greatest refugee crises after World War II. The UN called it ethnic cleansing, and some world leaders have gone further to term it genocide. But as the crisis continued, Bangladesh kept its border open for the fleeing Rohingya while the local community in Cox's Bazar gave them food and shelter before the government and donor agencies took charge. The scale of the crisis is so huge that it brought the likes of the UN chief, the WB chief, Pope Francis and a host of other prominent personalities to Bangladesh, who stood by the refugees and the Bangladesh government in feeding and sheltering some 1 million plus refugees. 

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Return still elusive

UN chief Antonio Guterres and WB President Jim Yong Kim visit Rohingya camp (July 2, 2018).

Pope Francis places his hand on a Rohingya orphan girl during an interreli-gious meeting in Dhaka (Dec 1, 2017).

Nobel Peace laureates Tawakkol Karman and Mairead Maguire in tears hearing the harrowing tales of Rohingyas (Feb 26, 2018)