Their wedding in Cox’s Bazar was the first known one between a Bangladeshi and a Rohingya refugee since the August flare-up, the newspaper reported.
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The new arrivals on October 10 brought the number of Rohingya refugees entering Bangladesh in recent weeks to 520,000.
There is a “clear and present risk” of the spread of cholera among the population. “I can’t take this any more”, he told the news agency.
While a vaccine can provide life-saving protection against cholera, the World Health Organization says it does not replace other traditional control measures.
The Trump administration has promised USD32 million in assistance – United States dollars 28 million of which will go to Bangladesh, where roughly half-a-million Rohingyas are presently based. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said some refugees would also be relocated to a new island, which emerged from the sea just a decade ago, where they would be provided with shelter, health and education facilities.
Early September, 46 bodies were recovered after a boat sank between Myanmar and Bangladesh. “Many women and children could not swim and had to ride piggyback on volunteer swimmers”.
They told AFP the army in Myanmar had prevented them from buying food, making it impossible for them to stay.
Rohingya refugees are shown crowded onto wooden boats as they set off to cross the Bay of Bengal on their way to Bangladesh.
The boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsized at Shar Porir DWIP southern tip of Bangladesh.
“The Rohingya crisis is no longer an internal issue in Myanmar”. But even as refugees arrive, Bangladesh insists they will all have to go home. It’s over for us here.
Crops are ready to harvest and those remaining in the area are prospective nominees of forced labour since the Rohingya farmers left the state.
“They arrive exhausted, hungry and usually with nothing more than the clothes on their back, having walked for days and then braved a risky river or sea crossing”. The majority were children.
Bishop Vasquez also expressed frustration with Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s leader, for not being “publicly very vocal about the plight of these Muslims from Rakhine state”.
Tuesday’s rally brought together a mix of faiths who back the Nobel laureate and her National League for Democracy (NLD), which helped organise the event.
“We deeply regret the reaction from worldwide countries based on the news without truth”, said the lawmaker.
The initial phase of the vaccination campaign will target more than 650,000 people aged one year and older, while the second part will begin at the end of this month and aim to cover some 250,000 children between the ages of 1 and 5.
According to reports, there are thousands of unaccompanied Rohingya minors orphaned or separated from their families.
Cholera was a major killer in Bangladesh until in the 1970s, but the country has seen major improvements in sanitation facilities since then.
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The Rohingyas are not recognised by Myanmar as its citizens and are called Bengali by them.
