Bangladesh: A fire broke out in Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camp
March 23, 2021Large fire broke out in camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on 23rd March where around 900,000 refugees are currently living. According to UN estimates, around 15 people lost their lives during the massive blaze, 560 people were injured and up to 10,000 families (more than...
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Greece: MSF forced to close COVID-19 centre on Lesbos
July 30, 2020ATHENS – A COVID-19 isolation centre set up on the island of Lesbos, Greece, by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to close, after local authorities imposed fines with potential criminal charges, related to urban planning regulations. MSF strongly condemns the...
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Syria: Afraid of the bombs: why people discuss the weather in northwestern Syria
January 9, 2020Intense military offensives by the Government of Syria and its allies in southern Idlib governorate, Syria, involving shelling, aerial bombing and ground offensives, have resulted in a massive new movement of people to escape the war zone. The northern part of Idlib,...
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South Sudan: Life inside or outside a displacement camp
June 21, 2019Since 2013, four million people have been displaced by conflict in South Sudan. Two million sought safety across borders, while another two million remain internally displaced. During some of the most extreme periods of violence, thousands fled in unprecedented numbers to...
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