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Fire rips through Rohingya camp in Bangladesh, leaving thousands without shelter

A massive fire tore through a crowded Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on January 14, 2021. More than 550 shelters were destroyed and thousands of Rohingya refugees were forced to flee. No casualties were reported but at least 10 people were injured. 
 

January 15, 2021
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Producers of the famous children's television show Sesame Street have unveiled Rohingya muppets created to help thousands of refugee children overcome the trauma of life in the world's largest...01:23
Refugees
Rohingya muppets join Sesame Street
December 21, 2020
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Enamul Hasan, a 19-year-old Rohingya refugee who tried to reach Malaysia from Bangladesh, has provided a video to AFP that shows passengers being beaten by a trafficker on a boat. Hasan’s story...05:04
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Rohingya refugees beaten at sea
December 15, 2020
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Indonesian students stormed a convention centre in the city of Banda Aceh on December 27, 2023, demanding that the more than 100 Rohingya refugees staying there be deported. Crowds of Rohingya men,...02:25
Rohingya Muslims
Indonesians storm shelter demanding Rohingya deportation
December 28, 2023
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Rohingya Muslim girls are increasingly being trafficked to Malaysia, where they are forced into abusive marriages in return for their husbands sending money back to their families in either Myanmar...03:15
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Underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages
December 25, 2023
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'Parasites': Aceh Indonesians turn on Rohingya refugees
December 13, 2023
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Young refugees arriving in Indonesia dream of attending university
December 6, 2023
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Refugees forced back out to sea
November 21, 2023
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Despair among latest batch of refugees to arrive in Indonesia
November 19, 2023
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Six years living behind barbed wire
August 25, 2023
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A fire broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on March 5, 2023. Police reported no casualties, but nearly 12,000 refugees at Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar have been left homeless....02:09
Rohingya Muslims
Thousands left homeless after fire in Cox’s Bazar
March 6, 2023
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A boat carrying 69 Rohingya refugees who fled camps in Bangladesh reached Indonesia's Aceh province on February 16, 2023. Their 15-day journey was the latest in a wave of migration by hundreds of...01:54
Rohingya Muslims
15-day sea journey for 69 refugees ends in Indonesia
February 17, 2023
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A boat carrying 185 refugees reached Indonesia’s northwest province of Aceh on December 26, 2022 after reportedly drifting at sea for weeks. This was the second boat arriving at the Southeast Asian...02:38
Rohingya Muslims
Refugees risk dangerous seas to escape Bangladesh
December 27, 2022
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Overcrowding in settlement camps has prompted many Rohingya to turn to contraception or abortion. According to the UN refugee agency, about two-thirds of Rohingya couples use some form of birth...01:44
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Rohingya refugees turn to birth control in crowded settlement camps
December 6, 2022
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Rohingya refugees face increasing backlash in Bangladesh, where many live in exile after fleeing persecution in Myanmar in 2017. Since then, public opinion has turned against the stateless Muslim...
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Rohingya refugees meet growing scorn in Bangladesh
October 21, 2022
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August 25, 2022 marked five years since the Myanmar military launched attacks against the Rohingya community across the western part of the country’s Rakhine state. Launched in response to the...03:31
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What has happened to the Rohingya refugees, 5 years on?
August 26, 2022
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A 15-year-old Rohingya refugee built a mini hydraulic excavator from spare parts in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, the world’s largest settlement for asylum seekers.  ...03:01
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Rohingya teen builds hydraulic excavator from scratch
August 25, 2022
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A minority within a minority, transgender Rohingya beautician Tanya faces discrimination on more fronts than most other residents at the world’s biggest refugee camp, Kutupalong. She fled Rakhine...02:42
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Trans Rohingya beautician fights prejudice
June 1, 2022
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Indonesia has taken in a group of about 120 Rohingya refugees who had been stranded at sea for 28 days aboard a disabled boat. The refugees’ plight was discovered on December 26, 2021, when their...01:12
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Indonesia takes in Rohingya refugees
December 30, 2021
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At least six Rohingya Muslims including four children were killed and thousands have been forced out of temporary shelters, after landslides and flooding struck a refugee camp in southern...01:55
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Deadly landslides hit Rohingya refugee camps
July 28, 2021
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A massive fire ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, on March 22, 2021. The UN refugee agency UNHCR said the blaze has left at least 15 people dead and 400 missing. The fire in the...02:31
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Deadly fire hits Rohingya refugee camp
March 24, 2021
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Some Rohingya refugees now living in exile after fleeing violence in Myanmar have condemned the nation’s recent military coup. On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar army detained the country’s...02:28
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Rohingya refugees condemn Myanmar military coup
February 3, 2021