Islamic Relief to withdraw from makeshift refugee camp

IRIN – UK-based charity Islamic Relief will withdraw on 28 February from a makeshift camp for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh due to a lack of government support.
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Close to 13,000 undocumented Rohingya receive much-needed humanitarian aid at the 20-hectare Leda site outside the border town of Teknaf, about 500km southeast Dhaka. The aid includes shelter, health care, a therapeutic feeding centre and access to clean water.
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“Regrettably we have no choice but to leave,” Ahmed Nasr, Islamic Relief’s country director, told IRIN.
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“The absence of government approval is the main reason,” he said.
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The move underscores the difficulties aid agencies face in assisting what is now described as one of the most protracted refugee situations in the world today.

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