{"id":4519,"date":"2023-03-05T15:26:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2023-03-05T15:26:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:26:19","slug":"fire-breaks-out-in-overcrowded-rohingya-refugee-camp-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/magazine\/climate\/natural-disaster-and-tragedies\/fire-breaks-out-in-overcrowded-rohingya-refugee-camp-in-bangladesh\/2023\/03\/05\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire breaks out in overcrowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cox’s<\/span> Bazar,<\/span> Bangladesh<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Thousands<\/span> were<\/span> left<\/span> homeless<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> massive<\/span> fire<\/span> broke<\/span> out<\/span> in<\/span> overcrowded<\/span> Rohingya<\/span> Muslim<\/span> refugee<\/span> camps<\/span> in<\/span> southern<\/span> Bangladesh<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday,<\/span> fire<\/span> officials<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>\n

No<\/span> immediate<\/span> casualties<\/span> were<\/span> reported<\/span> at<\/span> Balukhali<\/span> camp<\/span> in<\/span> Cox’s<\/span> Bazar<\/span> district,<\/span> said<\/span> his<\/span> Emdadul<\/span> Haque<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> fire<\/span> department.<\/span> His<\/span> UNHCR<\/span> in<\/span> Bangladesh<\/span> tweeted<\/span> that<\/span> Rohingya<\/span> refugee<\/span> volunteers<\/span> responded<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> fires<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> support<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> UNHCR<\/span> and<\/span> its<\/span> partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

No<\/span> further<\/span> details<\/span> were<\/span> provided.<\/span> Over<\/span> a<\/span> million<\/span> Rohingya<\/span> refugees<\/span> have<\/span> fled<\/span> Myanmar<\/span> to<\/span> Bangladesh<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> decades,<\/span> including<\/span> some<\/span> 740,000<\/span> who<\/span> crossed<\/span> the<\/span> border<\/span> since<\/span> August<\/span> 2017<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> Myanmar<\/span> military<\/span> began<\/span> cracking<\/span> down.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> situation<\/span> in<\/span> Myanmar<\/span> has<\/span> deteriorated<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> takeover<\/span> in<\/span> 2021,<\/span> and<\/span> attempts<\/span> to<\/span> repatriate<\/span> refugees<\/span> have<\/span> failed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last<\/span> year,<\/span> US<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> crackdown<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Rohingya<\/span> in<\/span> Myanmar<\/span> amounted<\/span> to<\/span> genocide<\/span> after<\/span> confirming<\/span> reports<\/span> of<\/span> large-scale<\/span> atrocities<\/span> against<\/span> civilians<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> systematic<\/span> campaign<\/span> against<\/span> ethnic<\/span> minorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rohingya<\/span> Muslims<\/span> face<\/span> widespread<\/span> discrimination<\/span> in<\/span> Buddhist-majority<\/span> Myanmar,<\/span> with<\/span> most<\/span> being<\/span> denied<\/span> citizenship<\/span> and<\/span> many<\/span> other<\/span> rights.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Thousands were left homeless after a massive fire broke out in overcrowded Rohingya Muslim refugee camps in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, fire officials and the United Nations said. No immediate casualties were reported at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district, said his Emdadul Haque of the fire department. His UNHCR […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1034,562],"tags":[1474,1475,1476,1477,1478,1471,1472,1473],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RHNGYA.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4521,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions\/4521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}