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malaise

(268,998 posts)
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 07:20 PM Mar 2021

There was a horrific fire at a refugee camp in Bangladesh

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56493708

At least 15 people have been killed in a massive fire that tore through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, while at least 400 are still missing, the UN refugee agency UNHCR has said.

Tens of thousands have been left homeless in Cox's Bazar after fleeing.

Refugee aid groups estimate that between 40,500 and 50,000 people have been affected by the fire.

The settlement is part of a network of camps housing over a million refugees who have fled Myanmar since 2017.

"We still have 400 people unaccounted for, maybe somewhere in the rubble," UNHCR's Johannes Van der K

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There was a horrific fire at a refugee camp in Bangladesh (Original Post) malaise Mar 2021 OP
There was barbed wire all around the camp. People could not escape the fire that way. applegrove Mar 2021 #1

applegrove

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1. There was barbed wire all around the camp. People could not escape the fire that way.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 07:22 PM
Mar 2021

I can't even think about it.

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