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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon demands end to hostilities in Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp, calls on international community to stop a massacre from unfolding. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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.
Islamic State fighters have seized most parts of the Yarmouk refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, according to reports, placing the terrorist group just a small distance away from the centre of the Syrian capital.
Islamic State fighters have seized most parts of the Yarmouk refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, according to reports, placing the terrorist group just a small distance away from the centre of the Syrian capital.
The EU Migration Commissioner Ylva Johansson visits a mobile refugee camp at the Romanian/Ukrainian border. More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country on February 24th. IMAGES