The devastation has shocked the UN refugee agency (UN refugee agency) hurry humanitarian aid goods from stocks in the country to help people in need.
More than 18 million people In Bangladesh, more than 1.2 million families have been affected by severe monsoon conditions, with flash floods hitting large parts of the eastern and southeastern parts of the country.
Massive damage has also been reported to roads, farmlands and fishing areas, severely impacting people’s livelihoods.
Urgent humanitarian response
UNHCR is providing essential relief items and other humanitarian support to meet the most urgent needs of local communities in the region, including shelter and health care.
They have transported medical supplies to health centres in the worst-affected districts of Feni and Comilla, including 350,000 water purification tablets, 20,000 jerry cans, 15,000 hygiene kits and 10,000 emergency shelters.
These supplies are intended to help local governments combat the spread of waterborne diseases and ensure the availability of clean drinking water.
Support for Rohingya
The persistent heavy rains during the monsoon season have also led to flooding and landslides in the Rohingya refugee camps.
The predominantly Muslim Rohingya minority faced horrific violence by the country’s security forces in 2017, leading to an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people to Bangladesh.
About a million Rohingya remain in Bangladesh and more than 130,000 others have sought safety elsewhere in the region, without being able to return to Myanmar immediately.
Rohingya rights must be upheld: Yunus
Amid this vulnerability, Mr. Spindler has promised assistance to the Rohingya people, stating that “UNHCR and its partners are working day and night to support affected Rohingya refugees“.
Bangladesh Interim Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus has also stressed the need for “sustained efforts by the international community for humanitarian operations of the Rohingya and their eventual repatriation to their homeland”.“Myanmar, with security, dignity and full rights” in his first policy speech.
