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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Official Urges World Not to Forget Rohingya Refugees

Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 May 2022. (EPA)

The head of the UN refugee agency urged the international community on Wednesday not to forget more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who are living in sprawling camps in Bangladesh after fleeing from neighboring Myanmar.

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, said he visited the camps near the border with Myanmar and a remote island where 28,000 refugees have been relocated to ensure that their plight is not forgotten amid the crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan.

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