By Save the Children | Save the Children
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August 25, 2024, marks seven years since more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled violence in Myanmar to seek safety in Bangladesh. In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the humanitarian response has saved lives and provided protection and basic services for the Rohingya refugee community. However, seven years on, conditions are getting worse for more than 500,000 Rohingya refugee children who remain in protracted displacement.
The humanitarian situation is reaching a breaking point. For seven years, Rohingya refugee children have gone without formal education, parents and caregivers have gone without employment, and all refugees have become more vulnerable to deaths and injuries from large-scale fires, flooding, and rising violence and insecurity in the camps than ever before.
The Crisis In Numbers
Cox’s Bazar is home to the largest refugee settlement in the world, with almost 1 million Rohingya refugees, most of whom have now been living in the camps for seven years. There are 1.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Cox’s Bazar.
Approximately 514,000 Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh are children, which is 52% of the entire camp population.
More than 900,000 Rohingya refugees are dependent on food aid from humanitarian organisations.
This year, over 300,000 children have enrolled in education programmes at learning centres in the camps. Education for Rohingya refugee children remains a challenge as education is not formally accredited, and accommodating more vulnerable students, such as girls and children with disabilities, is difficult in the camp environment. Accreditation and more flexible learning environments is needed to increase to ensure education is accessible for all Rohingya children.
Save the Children's Response
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