Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refer to the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in Bangladesh. For decades, the Rohingya have experienced ethnic and religious persecution within Myanmar’s borders. Hundreds of thousands have fled to other countries in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines. The majority of Rohingya refugees have escaped to Bangladesh, where there are two official, registered refugee camps. Recently, violence in Myanmar has escalated; so, the number of refugees in Bangladesh has increased rapidly. According [অনুযায়ী] to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), more than 723,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh since 25 August 2017. On 28 September 2018, Sheikh Hasina, the Prime minister of Bangladesh spoke at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. She said there are 1.1 million Rohingya refugees now in Bangladesh. Overcrowding from the recent population boom at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have placed a strain on their infrastructure. Now, the Rohingya refugees experience a lack of access to services, education, food, clean water, and proper sanitation [স্বাস্থ্যবিধান]; they are also vulnerable to natural disasters and infectious disease transmission. As of June 2018, World Bank announced nearly half a billion dollars in grant-based [ভিত্তি] support to help Bangladesh address the needs of Rohingya refugees in areas including health, education, water and sanitation, disaster risk management, and social protection. On 1 March 2019, Bangladesh announced that it will no longer accept any more Rohingya refugees.