Nearly 14,000 children who have lost one or both parents are among the more than half a million Rohingya refugees who crossed in Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar, an official said Sunday.<\/p>\n
The UN says 536,000 mainly Rohingya refugees have arrived from Myanmar\u2019s strife-torn Rakhine state since August 25, the majority of them children.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh\u2019s social services department said 13,751 children without a parent or parents were identified in a survey of the crowded refugee camps along its border, where charities warn that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe majority of them said they lost one or both parents in the violence in Rakhine,\u201d Pritam Kumar Chowdhury, a department deputy director, told AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cOthers said they didn\u2019t know what happened to their parents, and they came to Bangladesh with relatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UN has described the violence in Rakhine as a textbook case of ethnic cleansing, with displaced Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh describing whole villages being razed, gang rapes and massacres.<\/p>\n
Those who survived and fled to Bangladesh include an estimated 320,000 children, one-third of whom are under five years of age.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh is building the world\u2019s largest refugee camp — a sprawling three thousand acre (1,200 hectare) settlement — capable of housing 800,000-plus Rohingya.<\/p>\n
Last month a junior minister asked that 200 acres be set aside in the camp for children\u2019s facilities.<\/p>\n
Chowdhury said an orphanage would be built for unaccompanied minors, and those without a parent would be given extra assistance and familial support.<\/p>\n
Aid agencies have warned there is a real concern that vulnerable children could be victims of abuse or trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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