BANGLADESH / ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMP

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today an estimated 270,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in the past two weeks as violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State intensified. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:38
• Production Date: 8 September 2017
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; REFUGEE CAMPS; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: BANGLADESH; MYANMAR
• MAMS Id: 1962859
• Parent Id: 1962859
• Alternate Title: unifeed170908e

Description

STORY: BANGLADESH / ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMP
TRT: 01:38
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEEN
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 08 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, BANGLADESH

Shotlist

08 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, BANGLADESH

1. Wide shot, exterior of refugee health unit
2. Wide shot, new arrivals lined up to receive food
3. Med shot, new born twins
4. Close up, doctor checking twin refugee babies
5. Wide shot, child being weighed
6. Close up, child being checked for malnutrition
7. Wide shot, refugees lined up at pharmacy
8. Med shot, new arrivals lined up to receive food
9. Close up, new arrivals lined up to receive food
10. Med shot, aid workers handing out food
11. Wide shot, women and children eating
12. Wide shot, family siting under makeshift tent
13. Med shot, mother carrying umbrella with child crying
14. Wide shot, family siting under makeshift tent
15. Med shot, women and children siting under makeshift tent
16. Wide shot, refugees walking in camp

Storyline

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today (08 Sep) an estimated 270,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in the past two weeks as violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State intensified.

More than 30,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in the past two weeks to Kutupalong refugee camp alone and UNHCR said the refugee camp is filled beyond capacity. The Agency noted that the vast majority of refugees are women and children and are seeking shelter in makeshift tents along the nearby roads.

The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority in Myanmar who have faced discrimination and extreme poverty for decades. They have not been allowed to exercise their basic rights including the freedom to move, right to education, work and other social, civil and political rights. UNHCR called for urgent action to address the root causes of the recent surge in violence, so that people are no longer compelled to flee and can eventually return home in safety and dignity.