‘Don’t forget the Rohingya’


Seeking refuge: Rohingya refugees being placed in a temporary shelter for medical check up and food in Matang Pasi village, Bireun district, Aceh province, before being transported to a refugee camp. —AFP

Dwindling humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees threatens to exacerbate one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, the UN’s refugee chief said.

Bangladesh is home to around a million members of the stateless minority, most of whom fled a Myanmar military crackdown in 2017 now subject to a genocide probe at the International Criminal Court.

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