Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya

Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya - A massive fire this week ...
UNHCR

Azraq, the world's first refugee camp powered by renewable energy

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, switched on today the newly constructed solar plant in Jordan’s Azraq refugee camp. Funded by the IKEA Foundation’s Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign, the solar farm ...
The Diplomat

Hopelessness in Rohingya Refugee Camps Pushes Youth Towards Armed Insurgency

A UNFPA community center led by Rohingya women in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2025. Credit: Crisis Group/Margarite Clarey Eight years after a violent crackdown by the ...
The New York Times

At Refugee Camps, Most Birthdays Fall on New Year’s

When an exodus of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh a decade ago, the United Nations recorded many of their birthdays as Jan. 1. The date serves as a reminder of a lost identity. By Verena Hölzl Reporting ...