Secretary-General Visits Rohingya Refugees Camps in Bangladesh

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) meets with Rohingya youth at a learning center in a refugee camp in the southern Bangladesh costal district of Cox's Bazar. Bangladesh is hosting over one million Rohingya refugees who fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar and Cox's Bazar is home to the world's largest refugee camp. As drastic aid cuts by major donors threaten food supplies to the camps, Mr. Guterres described Cox's Bazar as "ground zero" for the impact of funding cuts.

The visit took place during the holy month of Ramadan and was a mission of solidarity with the Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi people who generously host them.

I'm here to shine a global spotlight on the plight - but also the potential - of Rohingya refugees," Mr. Guterres said.