Balukhali refugee camp

Balukhali refugee camp
বালুখালি শরণার্থী শিবির
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Coordinates: 21°11′N 92°10′E / 21.19°N 92.16°E / 21.19; 92.16
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictCox's Bazar District

Balukhali refugee camp is a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.[1][2][3] The International Organization for Migration refers to the collective settlement of Balukhali and neighbouring Kutupalong refugee camp as the Kutupalong–Balukhali expansion site.[4][5]

In March 2021, a massive fire destroyed much of the camp, killing over a dozen people and further displacing thousands.[6]

  1. ^ "Aid reaches Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh – in pictures". The Guardian. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Inside Cox's Bazar: Rohingya refugees flee persecution in Burma, in pictures". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Starvation rife among Rohingya children in Bangladesh's refugee camps". The Independent. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Cox's Bazar: Kutupalong-Balukhali expansion sites Footpath and Access road as of 05 Dec 2017" (PDF). International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ Beaubien, Jason (5 April 2019). "Rohingya Settle In For The Long Haul, Even As Bangladesh Wants Refugees To Go Home". NPR. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh probes deadly fire at Rohingya camp, 400 missing". Al Jazeera. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.