Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh damages dozens of shelters: UN migration agency

Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh damages dozens of shelters: UN migration agency

Refugee camp catches fire in Teknaf area of Cox's Bazar district on Sunday night - Anadolu Ajansı

Letter from Bangladesh: "The UN has described the atrocities as a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’"

In September, the JEP published a ‘Letter from Ukraine’ – written by Leila Osman, who is working in Kyiv as part of a Jersey Overseas Aid-funded UN project. Today, we hear from Amber Mezbourian, who is Jersey’s fifth United Nations Junior Professional Officer and has been working in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, with the External Relations team of the UN’s Refugee Agency, UNHCR, for almost 12 months. The Junior Professional Officer programme provides…

Three Children Injured, Around 50 Shelters Destroyed in Fire at Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar

by Hafizur Rahman | Photo: Md Hossain Cox’s Bazar | December 29, 2025: A late-night fire tore through Rohingya refugee Camp 24 in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, injuring three children and destroying around 50 shelters, leaving dozens of families homeless and without necessities, according to residents and volunteers. The fire broke out at around 10:00 pm and spread rapidly through the densely packed camp, where shelters are built from bamboo, tarpaulin…