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Massive fire tears through a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

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A large fire tore through southern Bangladesh Sunday night and left 12,000 displaced Rohingya refugees homeless.

The refugee camp in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh, is one of the largest in the world, and the fire has caused considerable damage. Nearly 2,000 shelters were destroyed along with mosques², schools and health centers.

How the fire started is unknown, and there were no casualties reported. Police are investigating if the fire was an act of sabotage³.

Over several years, more than a million Rohingya Muslim refugees have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape anti-Muslim violence in a majority-Buddhist Myanmar. There Rohingyas are denied citizenship⁴ and other rights.

Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep spoke⁵ with UNICEF's Ezatullah Majeed who's in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, about the additional struggles that Rohingya refugees face after the fire.

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Cox's Bazar is hosting a million refugees in 33 camps. Yesterday at 2:30 p.m., a fire started in Camp 11 and quickly spread to the neighboring camps. Authorities and the fire brigades did their best to control the fire, and around 6 p.m., the fire had become under control. These three camps host 100,000 refugees and 50% of them are children under the age of 18.

We are estimating that 12,000 refugees are badly affected⁶, which is, again, half of them. 6000 or more than 6000 of them are children. 2000 shelters are burned completely. In addition to these shelters, there are service points that UNICEF is also providing support there. The learning centers or the schools, 22 of them completely burned and damaged, destroyed, while six of them are partially⁷ damaged. We also support the nutrition program and the child protection programs.

On the continued struggle Rohingya refugees face

These refugees are 100% dependent on the international aid. Fortunately, with the support of the international community, different agencies are on the ground. Some agencies they provide based on their mandate⁸, food, water or education. So the situation was already very bad in the very congested camps these people were living, and their standard of life was really low and it was so difficult for them. Now with this fire, these Rohingya for the second time they become homeless and nothing left for them. They lost all their properties and they need to start from zero.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

3 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

4 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

8 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。