Rohingya Refugees Persists Hunger Strike for Deducted Rations

By Rohingya Vision TV

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Rohingyas refuges have kept continuing their hunger strike and refused to receive depleted ration amount from WFP on 3^rd July 2019 at refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, reports Rohingya refugees.

Rohingya refugees alerted to food distribution NGO’s that they will not receive abstraction ration amount that was announced by WFP three days ago.

[Rohingya refugees waiting at WFP’s office for receiving their actual ration from WFP today. Image: RVISION TV]

Due to the following circumstances, Rohingya refugees have started hunger strike three days ago and is still on-going.

Today, third July 2019, Rohingya women including children and men waited an entire day, in this heavy rain, at WFP’s office since morning 8 am to 5 pm, eventually, they had to return to their destructed shelters, which were destroyed by heavy rain, without any ration.

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Even in this emergency situation no higher officer from WFP or UNHCR arrived to talk to Rohingya refugees.

Rohingya parents said their children are starving from last 2-3 days, if anyone goes through any unacceptable situation, then WFP will be responsible for that.

The matter started when WFP’s volunteers refused to pay total ration amount to Rohingya refugees and reduced 370 taka from their total amount (770 taka) at camp no. 24, 25, 26 and 27, because after reducing Rohingya refugees’ ration amount it becomes impossible to survive for them.

Now Rohingya refugees demanded to fulfill their valid demands and said they will no longer receive reduced rations until their demands are met.

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