IOM Leads Relief Efforts as Monsoon Rains Damage Nearly 2,000 Shelters in Rohingya Camps

Qurban in the Camps: Faith, Sacrifice, and Struggle for the Rohingya

By: RO Maung Shwe Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – June 2025As the sun rises over the bamboo-and-tarpaulin landscape of the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, an 11-year-old girl named Sultana Akter looks at her worn clothes and remembers Eid in a different world. “Back in Myanmar, the mosque courtyard would be decorated. We wore new dresses. It felt like a real celebration,” she says, her voice soft but clear. “Now, it’s just another day we try to…

IOM Leads Relief Efforts as Monsoon Rains Damage Nearly 2,000 Shelters in Rohingya Camps

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 4 June 2025 – Days of intense monsoon rains and high winds have triggered landslides, floods, and widespread damage across the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, impacting nearly 16,000 people across 17 IOM-managed camps, injuring at least 14 and leaving many families in urgent need of […]