‘বাংলাদেশে আশ্রিত রোহিঙ্গাদের সবধরনের সহযোগিতা দেবে তুরস্ক’

On 7 September 2017, newly arrived Rohingya refugees walk ashore at Shamlapur beach in Cox's Bazar district, Chittagong Division in Bangladesh, after traveling for 5 hours in a boat across the open waters of the Bay of Bengal. By 5 September 2017, more than 146,000 Rohingya refugees fled across the border from Rakhine State, Myanmar, into Cox's Bazar district, Chittagong Division in Bangladesh since 25 August. As many as 80 per cent of the new arrivals are women and children. More than 70 000 children need urgent humanitarian assistance. More than 100,000 of the newly arrived refugees are currently residing in makeshift settlements and official refugee camps that are extremely overcrowded while 10,000 newly arrived refugees are in host communities. In addition, 33,000 arrivals are in new spontaneous sites, which are quickly expanding. While some refugees are making their own shelters, the majority of people are staying in the open, suffering from exhaustion, sickness and hunger. Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable districts, not only for its poor performance in child related indicators but also for its vulnerability to natural hazards. Most people walked 50 or 60 kilometers for up to six days and are in dire need of food, water and protection. Many children are suffering from cold fever as they are drenched in rain and lack additional clothes. Children and adolescents, especially girls, are vulnerable to trafficking as different child trafficking groups are active in the region. Many more children in need of support and protection remain in the areas of northern Rakhine State that have been wracked by violence. In Bangladesh, UNICEF is scaling up its response to provide refugee children with protection, nutrition, health, water and sanitation support. With the recent influx of refugees, demand has increased and UNICEF is working to mobilize more support and strengthen its existing activities. For recreational and psychosocial support to the newly arrived Rohingya children, 33 mobile Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) are now operational with 100 recreational kits, Education in Emergency (EiE) kits and trained teachers. These mobile Child Friendly Spaces have already provided psychosocial support to 226 newly arrived Rohingya children. Separated and unaccompanied children are also being identified through Child Friendly Spaces and community outreach. Over 100 adolescent clubs are operational in host and makeshift settlements to provide life-skills education through outreach activities. In Myanmar, UNICEF does not at present have access to the affected areas in northern Rakhine State including 28,000 children who were previously provided psychosocial care or the more than 4,000 children who were treated for malnutrition in Buthidaung and Maungdaw. UNICEF’s clean water and sanitation work has been suspended, as have school repairs that were under way.

যতদিন পর্যন্ত রোহিঙ্গারা বাংলাদেশ থেকে ফেরত না যায় ততদিন পর্যন্ত তাদের থাকা খাওয়াসহ সবধরনের সহযোগিতা দেবে তুরস্ক। দেশটির উপ প্রধানমন্ত্রী রিসেপ আব্বাস আজ বুধবার এ কথা বলেন।

সকালে দুর্যোগ ব্যবস্থাপনা ও ত্রাণ মন্ত্রীকে সাথে নিয়ে কুতুপালং শরণার্থী ক্যাম্প পরিদর্শনে যান রিসেপ আব্বাস। এসময় তিনি বলেন, জায়গা পেলে তাদের বাসস্থান তৈরিরও সব ব্যবস্থা করবে তুরস্ক।

রিসেপ আব্বাস বলেন, রোহিঙ্গাদের মিয়ানমারে ফেরত পাঠাতে আন্তর্জাতিক চাপ সৃষ্টিতে সহায়তা করছে তুর্কি সরকার। তুরস্কের উপ প্রধানমন্ত্রী রোহিঙ্গা বিষয়ে বাংলাদেশ সরকারের ভূমিকার প্রশংসা করেন। রোহিঙ্গাদের প্রতি মানবিক সহায়তা প্রদানের জন্য প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনাকেও ধন্যবাদ জানান তিনি।

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