Rohingya attack NGO’s: Why didn’t we hear more of this?

I found this tiny little mention of riots sometime in the last week at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.   We told you about these Rohingya camps in the very first post we wrote about Rohingya Muslim refugees flooding out of Burma.   Cox’s Bazaar is considered a recruitment site for HUJI-B.

This is all I have on the incident, but would like to know more.  Who were the ten representatives of donor countries and who are the two NGO’s the Rohingya’s are apparently blaming for blocking aid to them?  From The New Nation:

Our Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar

Ten diplomats of the donor countries visited three refugee camps Rohingyas at Ukhia and Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on Monday last.

The diplomats, besides the refugee camps, also visited Ukhia thana and health complex. After the diplomats left the camps, the Rohingya refugees attacked Leda refugee camp in Teknaf and damaged offices and health centers of two NGOs.

The European diplomats visited the Leda refugee camp amid tight security and they stayed at the camp for short time.

The officials of the two NGOs ran to safety after the attack by refugees. Police posted in those camp brought peace in the camps. But the refugees said the ten donor countries are not coming in aid of the refugees because of the two NGOs.

The European diplomats then visited the slums near the Ukhia refugee camps where around 20,000 Rohinga live.

Just a reminder that there is an NGO public relations campaign on-going to resettle the charming Rohingya in the West.  So far they have gone to Canada and the UK, will the US be next? 

For everything you want to know about Rohingya, see our category Rohingya Reports here.

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