Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack enough food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Friday. In all, almost 600,000 Rohingya refugees have left northern Rakhine state since August 25 when the UN says the Myanmar army began a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” following insurgent attacks. One in five Rohingya children under the age of five is estimated to be acutely malnourished, requiring medical attention, he said. Also Read- 150,000 Rohingya children to be vaccinatedUnicef is providing clean water and toilets, and has helped vaccinate children against measles and cholera, which can be deadly, he said. “We repeat the call for the need for protection of all children in Rakhine state, this is an absolute fundamental requirement.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 20, 2017 03:11 UTC