"We are gravely concerned about humanitarian conditions in Bangladesh, where thousands of new arrivals are stranded near the border," UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic told a Geneva news briefing. An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 have entered Bangladesh through the Anjuman Para border crossing point since Sunday night, many of whom described walking for about a week to reach the border, he said. "We are advocating with the Bangladesh authorities to urgently admit these refugees fleeing violence and increasingly difficult conditions back home. The delay was due to screening by Bangladesh border guards, he said, emphasising this was the right of any government. A UN inter-agency appeal of $434 million for Rohingya in Bangladesh and host communities is only 24 percent funded, OCHA's Laerke said.

Source: bd News24 October 17, 2017 10:52 UTC