Cuts to a programme that maintained communal facilities for refugees in Cox’s Bazar have meant lost income for families and a more precarious environment in the camps.
(UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)* — In the hilly terrain of Cox’s Bazar, life for over 1 million Rohingya refugees in the world’s largest and most densely populated refugee camp is always a struggle, but monsoon season brings fresh challenges.
WFP calls for humanitarian access, as Sudanese city grapples with starvation
Hunger and bombs forced eight-year-old Sondos and her family to flee Sudan’s North Darfur capital of El Fasher. Photo: WFP/Mohamed Galal
Surrounded by burlap bags and a sea of sand, eight-year-old Sondos describes fleeing Sudan’s war-besieged city of El Fasher with her family, after weeks surviving on only millet.
“Hunger forced us to leave,” said the little girl, speaking from Tawila displacement camp, roughly 75 kilometres away. “Only hunger and bombs,” she added of the shells raining down on North Darfur’s capital.
Monsoon rains bring flooding to Nayapara refugee camp in Teknaf, eastern Bangladesh, in July 2021. © UNHCR/Amos Halder
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