THE world is going through a major crisis, with more than 120 million people forced to leave their homes because of war, violence, climate change and poverty. According to the UNHCR鈥檚 latest report, over 43 million of them are refugees who have crossed into other countries looking for safety and a better life. From Syria and Sudan to Venezuela and Myanmar...
Reductions in funding for a community maintenance programme in the Rohingya camps of Cox鈥檚 Bazar have not only affected their incomes but also compromised safety during the monsoon season, the UN Refugee Agency has warned...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday called for more financial assistance from humanitarian partners as an additional 1,50,000 Rohingya people from Myanmar arrived in Bangladesh鈥檚 Cox鈥檚 Bazar in the last 18 months.
At least 82 Rohingyas reportedly returned spontaneously to Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state last week, the first known instance of voluntary repatriation since the mass exodus of 2017, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has recently pressed the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner to ensure accommodation of 1.13 lakh more Rohingyas amid uncertainty of repatriation...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday told the UN Security Council that the Bangladesh interim government chose to engage with the parties to the conflict in the Rakhine state to pursue a solution to the Rohingya crisis that...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assured Dhaka to provide its continued support to Bangladesh, especially on Rohingya crisis.
United Nations high commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi has said brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Friday visited the Rohingya camps in Ukhia, Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
Visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi hoped that the international community would renew its focus to resolve the Rohingya crisis...
The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has called on States to prioritise life-saving actions as hundreds of Rohingya stateless people from Myanmar have sought safety in the region in the first five days of the new year...
Bangladesh has been elected unanimously to serve as a vice-president of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the prime intergovernmental body of the UN responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe...
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus held meetings on Thursday with the chiefs of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the International Labour Organisation at a...
IN 2016, I was a health intern at the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur. In that period, I dealt with refugees from different countries who came to seek various forms of help. Among the hundreds of Rohingya men and women that I met, one young gentleman particularly stood out. Maung (not his real name) was a 17-year-old Rohingya who got separated...
Interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus sought United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi鈥檚 support for the 鈥榙ignified and voluntary鈥� return of more than one million Rohingya people, currently living in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar...
On the seventh anniversary of the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday welcomed Bangladesh鈥檚 renewed commitment to supporting the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals as outlined by chief advisor to thr interim government professor Muhammad Yunus...