Kutupalong refugee camp

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The Kutupalong Refugee Camp (March 2017)

The Kutupalong refugee camp is the largest in the world. It is located in the Cox's Bazar district in southeastern Bangladesh on the border with Myanmar . 640,000 people live in the camp (as of March 2020). It is mainly inhabited by Rohingya who have fled Myanmar .

In November 2017, the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar signed an agreement on the return of Rohingya refugees and displaced persons from Myanmar. The United Nations Secretary-General visited the camp on July 2, 2018 with the heads of UNHCR , UNFPA, and the World Bank - who announced grants of up to $ 480 million.

The influx continued steadily over the following months of 2018, with people fleeing on foot and by boat. Many refugees arrived exhausted, traumatized and / or starved, often after days of marching. They suffer sexual violence and other human rights violations . Others have lost family members in their villages or en route.

In 2018, Spiegel reporters described their impressions as follows: “A bare landscape, full of huts stretching to the horizon ... a settlement made of plastic sheeting and bamboo poles, with no electricity or solid sewerage. And the monsoon is now sweeping over this Moloch. "

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Web links

Commons : Kutupalong Refugee Camp  - Collection of Images

Stern report “Captured in Bangladesh | The betrayed Rohingya: A report from the largest refugee camp in the world ”from February 28, 2020

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rohingya in Bangladesh - Where need meets misery . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on March 10, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Clemens Höges, Raniah Salloum, Samiha Shafy: Das Hilfs-Werk . In: Der Spiegel . No. 29 , 2018, p. 76-81 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Heidenheimer Zeitung GmbH & Co KG: Unprotected: Corona is also becoming a problem in the refugee camps. March 21, 2020, accessed March 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Inter Sector Coordination Group: JRP for Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis: March - December 2018 . ( reliefweb.int [PDF; accessed July 30, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Inter Sector Coordination Group: Situation Report Data Summary. Rohingya Refugee Crisis . ( humanitarianresponse.info [PDF; accessed July 30, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Inter Sector Coordination Group: JRP for Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis: March - December 2018 . ( reliefweb.int [PDF; accessed July 30, 2018]).
  7. ↑ spiegel.de
  8. ↑ Tilman Gerwien: The betrayed Rohingya: A report from the largest refugee camp in the world. In: Stern. February 28, 2020, accessed March 21, 2020 .

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