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Cox's Bazar, May 26 (EFE/EPA).- Rohingya refugees Wednesday urged the United Nations to put pressure on Myanmar for citizenship and safe return to their homeland a day after UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir arrived in Bangladesh for a two-day trip.Bozkir, the president of the 75th session of the General Assembly, visited the refugee camp in southeast Cox’s Bazar district Wednesday, deputy commissioner for refugees Mohammad Shamsuddoha said.Shamsuddoha said the UNGA president spent half an hour at the camp and met with some 30 refugees.“Rohingyas requested the UN General Assembly to put pressure (on Myanmar) about their citizenship and take steps to ensure their safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation to Myanmar,” said the officials. (Camera: TANBIRUL MIRAJ RIPON). SHOT LIST: PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOLKAN BOZKIR VISITS ROHINGYA CAMPS IN COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH.
Dhaka, Mar 22 (EFE), (Camera: EPA).- A massive fire on Monday engulfed a large part of a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, causing severe damage to shelters that house hundreds of thousands of refugees, although no casualties have been reported so far.The fire broke out around 3.20 pm in a camp situated in the Balukhali area of the Cox's Bazar district, an official at the local firefighters' control room told EFE.Cox's Bazar police spokesperson Rafiqul Islam said that flames had spread over "a vast area” and the authorities were still trying to bring them under control.FOOTAGE OF THE FIRE.
Indonesian officials register hundreds of Rohingya refugees at an unused immigration building in Lhokseumawe city in Aceh province. They are part of the latest influx of Rohingya who arrived at Sabang island the day before. IMAGES
More than 200 Rohingya refugees were relocated from the beaches of a remote Indonesian island on Wednesday as authorities drive them in trucks and prepare them to be transported by ferry to a temporary shelter. More than 1,000 desperate and exhausted Rohingya have landed on the shores of Aceh province in the last week. IMAGES
More than 200 Rohingya refugees are huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals' efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea. IMAGES
A group of around 200 Rohingya refugees huddle on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island, cordoned off by yellow tape meant to stop them running away, after weeks adrift on a wooden boat. IMAGES