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Humanitarian disaster for Rohingya refugees: impending natural hazards and worsening public health crises
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Author Affiliations
National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, University of Dhaka, Systemic Risk Centre, University College London
Published InThe Lancet Global Health
Year2018
Citations53
Abstract
The Rohingya people are the world's largest stateless population.1UNHCR“This is our home”. Stateless minorities and their search for citizenship.http://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/stateless-minorities/Date: November, 2017Google Scholar Violence towards the Rohingya in Myanmar from late August, 2017, caused the mass displacement2The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)Myanmar Rohingya abuses may be crimes against humanity, UN rights experts warn.http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22196&LangID=EDate: 2017Google Scholar of 655 000 people from Rakhine State of Myanmar to the southeastern hilly region of Bangladesh, resulting in what UNOCHA describes as the “fastest growing refugee crisis in the world”.3UNOCHARohingya refugee crisis.https://www.unocha.org/rohingya-refugee-crisisGoogle Scholar The majority are residing in overcrowded temporary shelters, with Cox's Bazar and Bandarban hosting one of the densest concentrations of refugees; there are 954 500 people in…
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