The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR donates 220 housing units for vulnerable people in Ukhiya, Teknaf
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has donated 220 housing units to BRAC to assist the vulnerable people affected by the monsoon rain and flood in Ukhiya and Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
11 hurt, 273 shelters damaged in rain at Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp
At least 11 Rohingyas have been injured and 273 shelters are destroyed in three days of continuous rain in the Rohingya settlements at Cox’s Bazar, says UN Refugee Agency.
Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN
More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN says.
Future of Rohingyas lies in their return with full restoration of rights: UNHCR
UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Turkhas has laid emphasis on safe and dignified return of Rohingya people to their place of origin in Myanmar with full restoration of their rights.
Angelina Jolie to visit refugee camps in Cox's Bazar tomorrow
Film star Angelina Jolie is scheduled to meet Rohingya women, who were victims of sexual violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State during a brutal military operation in August 2017, in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps tomorrow.
UN chief's visit to highlight need for more global support for Rohingyas
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank (WB) Group President Dr Jim Yong Kim will visit Bangladesh on July 1-2 to see the severity of Rohingya situation and UN agencies' engagement in the camps.
Rohingya refugees elect women leaders in camp committee polls: UNHCR
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees living in Nayapara Shalbagan camp in Cox’s Bazar elect 12 leaders including women in a very first camp committee election, an UNHCR release says.
Bangladesh govt-UNHCR Joint verification of Rohingya refugees underway
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working together with the Bangladesh government to conduct a verification exercise for the identity management and documentation of Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar.
UNDP, UNHCR to sign MoU with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) agrees on text of a Memorandum of Understaning (MoU) with Myanmar government to support the creation of conditions for the return of Rohingya refugees.
UNHCR donates 220 housing units for vulnerable people in Ukhiya, Teknaf
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has donated 220 housing units to BRAC to assist the vulnerable people affected by the monsoon rain and flood in Ukhiya and Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
11 hurt, 273 shelters damaged in rain at Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp
At least 11 Rohingyas have been injured and 273 shelters are destroyed in three days of continuous rain in the Rohingya settlements at Cox’s Bazar, says UN Refugee Agency.
Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN
More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN says.
Future of Rohingyas lies in their return with full restoration of rights: UNHCR
UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Turkhas has laid emphasis on safe and dignified return of Rohingya people to their place of origin in Myanmar with full restoration of their rights.
Angelina Jolie to visit refugee camps in Cox's Bazar tomorrow
Film star Angelina Jolie is scheduled to meet Rohingya women, who were victims of sexual violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State during a brutal military operation in August 2017, in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps tomorrow.
UN chief's visit to highlight need for more global support for Rohingyas
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank (WB) Group President Dr Jim Yong Kim will visit Bangladesh on July 1-2 to see the severity of Rohingya situation and UN agencies' engagement in the camps.
Rohingya refugees elect women leaders in camp committee polls: UNHCR
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees living in Nayapara Shalbagan camp in Cox’s Bazar elect 12 leaders including women in a very first camp committee election, an UNHCR release says.
Bangladesh govt-UNHCR Joint verification of Rohingya refugees underway
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working together with the Bangladesh government to conduct a verification exercise for the identity management and documentation of Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar.
UNDP, UNHCR to sign MoU with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) agrees on text of a Memorandum of Understaning (MoU) with Myanmar government to support the creation of conditions for the return of Rohingya refugees.
UNHCR scales up aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
As the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar edges towards half a million, the UN Refugee Agency is stepping up delivery of life-saving aid to desperate people camped out near two official refugee camps in south-eastern Bangladesh.