Rohingya refugee crisis: Three questions on life for the Rohingya in Bangladesh
March 18, 2021There are currently around 860,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Most of them live in Cox’s Bazar district. The activities which Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) carries out for these refugees are centralised around the so-called ‘mega camp’, a large collection of...
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Bangladesh: Relocations, reduced services leave Rohingya communities at breaking point in Bangladesh
January 22, 2021Faruk* is a Rohingya refugee – one of nearly a million – living in a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. “No one wants to be a refugee; the life we have here is not easy. We live in an open prison,” Faruk...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees remain in limbo three years after mass exodus
August 25, 2020“Spending our lives in the camps is difficult; the area is small and there is no space for the children to play,” says Abu Siddik. He lives in one of the camps in the Cox’s Bazar district of southeastern Bangladesh, where...
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Bangladesh: Five challenges for the Rohingya in Bangladesh amid COVID-19
May 6, 2020One of the most densely populated countries in the world, Bangladesh also houses the world’s largest refugee camp. Across Cox’s Bazar, nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions. As COVID-19 spreads through Bangladesh, these are the five key challenges to overcome. 1. Highly...
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“These children shouldn’t be sick” – tackling measles in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
February 19, 2020In a pink room decorated with white flowers at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) Kutupalong field hospital in the Cox's Bazar district of southeastern Bangladesh, a woman lies curled around her sleeping child. Next to her, a young mother...
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“They suffer in silence”: Meeting mental healthcare needs of refugees in Bangladesh
December 12, 2019“Men can spend time outdoors; the women have to spend most of their time in their shacks. There is no privacy or physical space where they can be alone,” says Pooja Iyer, MSF’s mental health manager at the Jamtoli and...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugee crisis: Unseen wounds need to heal
December 3, 2019A loudspeaker from the mosque in Jamtoli comes to life at an unscheduled hour. Instead of the midday call to prayer, an imam asks his listeners to pay attention to their daily anxieties and seek help at the nearby MSF...
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Rohingya refugee crisis: Two years on, no solutions in sight for the Rohingya
August 26, 2019Sitting in a teashop in Kutupalong mega-camp, Bibi Jan tugs on her sleeve. She’s covering up scars inflicted during the largest-ever episode of violence against the Rohingya, in August 2017. She tells us of the events that forced her to...
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Bangladesh
February 12, 2019MSF in South Asia: Projects in South Asia Access campaign Connect with us What we do Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh has hosted Rohingya refugees fleeing targeted violence in neighbouring Myanmar's Rakhine state since 1978. The latest violence, which began in August...
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