At Least 5 Children Die in Monsoon Landslide at a Rohingya Camp in Bangladesh
Heavy monsoon rains triggered the landslide at a Rohingya camp, and authorities said more than 1,000 refugees had already been relocated from risky hillsides.
- On Wednesday, a monsoon landslide swamped an Islamic school in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, killing seven children and their teacher, Bangladesh Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman confirmed.
- More than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees live in crowded, makeshift shelters on unstable hillsides cleared of forests, many having fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar that remains the subject of a genocide case at The United Nations.
- Following landslides that killed eight others on July 6, rescuers continued operations Wednesday evening where local Fire Service and Civil Defense chief Dollar Tripura reported five injured children were rescued from the school.
- Authorities have relocated more than 1,000 refugees from at-risk hilly areas; however, United Council of Rohingya president Sayed Ullah said "we don't see proper coordination over the accommodation of the Rohingya, and that is reflected in these accidents."
- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in Dhaka predicts torrential rain will persist for four days, while Bangladesh continues urging the international community to assist with repatriating refugees to Myanmar, though the process remains stalled.
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At least 13 Rohingya refugees among the dead in Bangladesh landslides
Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh used loudspeakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from risky areas to safety Thursday after landslides killed at least 13 refugees in the past few days.
Continuous heavy rain has increased the risk of landslides in Rohingya camps. In the latest incident, a madrasa on a hillside was swept away by mud and debris.
On Wednesday, heavy monsoon rains again triggered a landslide in a Rohingya refugee camp in the southeast of Bangladesh. There are more than 1.2 million people living in the camp. It is one of the most densely populated places in the world.
(Jakarta=Yonhap News) Correspondent Son Hyun-kyu = A landslide caused by monsoon rains occurred in a Bangladeshi refugee camp home to over one million Myanmar Rohingya, injuring a young girl...
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Independent EspañolDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh used loudspeakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from at-risk areas to safe locations on Thursday, after…
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