Fire destroys 2,000 shelters at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, leaving around 12,000 people shelterless
A fire destroyed 2,000 shelters at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, an official has said.
"Some 2,000 shelters have been burnt, leaving about 12,000 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals shelterless," he said. "My shelter was gutted. was also burnt," said Mamun Johar, a 30-year-old Rohingya man. "The fire took everything from me, everything."Investigation ordered Most of them fled a military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state in 2017 and took refuge in Bangladesh.
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