UNHCR / GRANDI ROHINGYA

UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said the type of violence that the Rohingya refugees have gone through is “really exceptional, is really extraordinary.” He urged “the authorities in Myanmar to stop violence” in Rakhine State. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:23
• Production Date: 27 September 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FILIPPO GRANDI
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: BANGLADESH
• MAMS Id: 1981283
• Parent Id: 1981283
• Alternate Title: unifeed170927a

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STORY: UNHCR / GRANDI ROHINGYA
TRT: 3:23
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTION: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / 22 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALANG CAMP, BANGLADESH

Shotlist

22 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALANG CAMP, BANGLADESH

1. Various shots, people waiting in line for receiving rice

27 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“The type of violence these people have gone through is really exceptional, is really extraordinary. And the extent of the trauma that I have observed is one that will probably be the most difficult thing to heal, even more than the physical wounds that many of them, indeed, carry.”

22 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALANG CAMP, BANGLADESH

3. Various shots, people receiving rice sacks

27 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“They have absolutely nothing. I have hardly ever seen in my career people that have come with so little. And evidently, they had to flee from a very urgent situation, from very sudden violence. So they need everything. The most important need is, of course, a place -- suitable sites. The space is very narrow. And shelter to go with it. There is an acute need to improve water and sanitation conditions, and the provision of health.”

22 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALANG CAMP, BANGLADESH

5. Various shots, mother and child walking in Kutupalang camp

27 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“And the combination of limited health facilities, poor sanitary and hygienic conditions, and overcrowded sites, you can well imagine, is a recipe for disaster in terms of possible epidemics.”

22 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALANG CAMP, BANGLADESH

7. Wide shot, people receiving aid from UNHCR tent

27 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“Let me reiterate the urgent call to the authorities in Myanmar to stop violence in, for violence to stop in Rakhine state, in northern Rakhine.”

22 SEPTEMBER 2017, KUTUPALANG CAMP, BANGLADESH

9. Wide shot, people walking in Kutupalang camp carrying UNHCR sack on his head going into a “non-food distribution point” and inside tent of distribution
10. Wide shot, Kutupalang camp

Storyline

UN refugee agency (UNCHR) chief Filippo Grandi said the type of violence that the Rohingya refugees have gone through is “really exceptional, is really extraordinary.” He urged “the authorities in Myanmar to stop violence” in Rakhine State.

Speaking to reporters today (27 Sep) in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said “they have absolutely nothing. I have hardly ever seen in my career people that have come with so little. And evidently, they had to flee from a very urgent situation, from very sudden violence.”

He added “they need everything. The most important need is, of course, a place -- suitable sites. The space is very narrow. And shelter to go with it. There is an acute need to improve water and sanitation conditions, and the provision of health.”

Grandi also expressed concern about the combination of limited health facilities, poor sanitary, hygienic conditions, and overcrowded sites.

He said “you can well imagine, is a recipe for disaster in terms of possible epidemics.”

Grandi reiterated “the urgent call to the authorities in Myanmar to stop violence in, for violence to stop in Rakhine state, in northern Rakhine.”

The press briefing was held after Grandi’s recent visit to Bangladesh.

According to UNHCR, at the peak, there were estimated 15,000 people a day crossing the borders to Bangladesh.

As the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar edges towards half a million, the UN Refugee Agency is stepping up delivery of life-saving aid to desperate people camped out near two official refugee camps in south-eastern Bangladesh.