Bangladesh investigates huge fire at world s largest refugee camp
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and as you know, the funding has been depleting. in fact, the world food programme had to cut down $2 from their existing package, which has also had repercussions on the rohingya refugees, particularly women and girls. the fire has been put out in a few hours and the damage is being assessed. there have been a number of fire incidents in the camps in the past few years, and some are thought to be arson attacks. for the rohingyas, life is precarious, sometimes the camps are inundated with floodwaters, and in the dry season, the risk of fire. a stark reminder on the living condition of rohingya refugees. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. i spoke to hardin lang, who s vice president for programmes and policy at refugees international, and began by asking him what the situation was like on the ground.
the infrastructures, and it takes a little time to do that. and as you know, the funding has been depleting. in fact, the world food programme had to cut down $2 from their existing package, which has also had repercussions on the rohingya refugees, particularly women and girls. the fire has been put out in a few hours and the damage is being assessed. there have been a number of fire incidents in the camps in the past few years, and some are thought to be arson attacks. for the rohingyas, life is precarious, sometimes the camps are inundated with floodwaters, and in the dry season, the risk of fire. a stark reminder on the living condition of rohingya refugees. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. i spoke to hardin lang, who s vice president for programmes and policy at refugees international and began by asking him what the situation was like
painted is so grim. a reflection of the harsh realities on the ground. and sense of how this fire was caused and how safe it is for people there right now? there have been a number of fires over the last couple of years and began. again, it is not clear what started them. the sense is that in this particular section of camp 11 the fire is under control, but there are some wider security situations inside the camp. a number of rohingya civil society leaders who have been targeted and some assassinate. so this fire takes place in a general sense of insecurity amongst the camp. that was hardin lang speaking to me a little earlier. to china now, and it is attempting an economic bounce back after three years of covid restrictions. its citizens are enjoying the freedom to go out and spend money after the government abandoned its zero covid policy. economic growth, as well as a big increase in military spending, were key themes at the country s once a year parliamentary session. but its annua
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