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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.
A major fire damages or destroys the homes of some 2,000 Rohingya Muslims living in a Myanmar camp for internally displaced people. IMAGES
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.
Cox's Bazar, Mar 23 (EFE/EPA).- At least 15 people have been killed and around 400 are missing after a massive fire in the Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, the United Nations said on Tuesday, calling it an unprecedented disaster.Boris Cheshirkov, the spokesperson for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in a press conference that such a massive fire had never been seen at a refugee camp before. (Camera: TANBIRUL MIRAJ RIPON).SHOT LIST: THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE AT ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMP IN COX'S BAZAR, BAGLADESH.
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