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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.
Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie arrives in Bangladesh on a visit to a Rohingya refugee camp ahead of a new UN appeal for nearly one billion dollars to look after the refugee influx. IMAGES
Myanmar social welfare minister Win Myat Aye tours one of the Bangladesh camps struggling to provide for some one million Rohingya Muslims, the first such visit since a Myanmar army crackdown sparked a massive refugee crisis. IMAGES
Smoke rises in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza's central Deir al-Balah governorate as battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas rage on. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).