Tagged: Myanmar (Republic of the Union of)

Children sitting in a row on the floor with open books in front of them

“I could not sleep in Rakhine, but I can sleep here”

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I was shocked by the stories I heard from Rohingya children on my recent visit to Bangladesh + to see the work of UNICEF and its partners to help 680,000 Rohingya refugees, 58% of which are children. I had barely spent an hour in Kutupalong refugee camp before hearing a flood of terrible testimonies. Two young women – 18 and 19 years… Read more →←
Three people stand on a hill overlooking a refugee camp.

Covering the Rohingya crisis for UNICEF: Three views

Children in emergencies

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Story also available in: العربية
Half a million people. In one month. It’s the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency and children are at the heart of it – 60 per cent of the 519,000 Rohingya refugees now in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are children. But beyond the astonishing numbers are heartbreaking individual children’s stories. Of loss, suffering,… Read more →←
A Rohingya woman sits on the ground in Bangladesh with her child in her arms

Racing to prevent cholera in Rohingya refugee camps

Children in emergencies

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What’s the situation? A humanitarian crisis of near biblical proportions. Since 25 August, 515,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. They tell stories of villages being burned, family members being executed, children killed, women raped. It’s truly a children’s emergency. A staggering 60% of new… Read more →←

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