Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said there is a pressure on the government by the international NGOs, including UNHCR, against Bhasan Char relocation though some Rohingyas are willing to go there to enjoy wonderful facilities for them.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has said it is saddened by the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who disembarked in northern Aceh, Indonesia last week. 

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the life-saving disembarkation of approximately 300 Rohingya refugees off the northern coast of Aceh, Indonesia early Monday.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, predicts that the potential of millions of young refugees living in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities will be further threatened unless immediate and bold action is taken by the international community to beat back the catastrophic effects of COVID-19 on refugee education.

Save the Children has said an estimated 75,971 children under three years or nine percent of the total Rohingya population are now living in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district. 

Myanmar has not taken a single Rohingya back home till date although the crisis enters the fourth year within a couple of days amid "lack of conducive conditions" in Rakhine required for a safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas, officials said.

In time for World Refugee Day 2020, UNHCR and the government of Bangladesh on Saturday inaugurated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Sadar Hospital, Cox’s Bazar - the first such unit in the district. 

Bangladesh has invited the UNHCR together with other UN agencies to undertake a protection visit to the Bhasan Char island to ascertain the humanitarian situation and any immediate needs of the refugee population. 

Local and international NGOs including UN agencies on Thursday urged the authorities concerned to take an inclusive and integrated plan to protect the Rohingya people and the host community from coronavirus infection in Cox’s Bazar.