Priyanka Chopra says Rohingya children have no future in sight as she calls for help

Priyanka Chopra says Rohingya children
have no future in sight as she calls for
help
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Actress Priyanka Chopra has said Rohingya
children are ‘still highly vulnerable’ in
overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh,
nine months after they were displaced from
Myanmar.
She made the comments on an Instragram
post on Monday evening after a visit to a
Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar.
The actress said the world saw ‘horrific
images of ethnic cleansing’ that drove around
700,000 from the Rakhine State of Myanmar
into Bangladesh last year.

Chopra, who is visiting the refugee camps as
a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, noted that 60
percent of the newly displaced Rohingyas are
children.
“Many months later they are still highly
vulnerable, living in overcrowded camps with
no idea when or where they will ever
belong...even worse, when they will get their
next meal,” she said in the post.
She also noted the threat of landslides during
monsoon facing the Rohingyas in the refugee
camps built by the side of hills.
“This is an entire generation of children that
have no future in sight. Through their smiles I
could see the vacancy in their eyes,” she
added.
She called for help to tackle the humanitarian
crisis.
“The world needs to care. We need to care,”
she wrote.
She also added the website address where
people can donate for children through the
UNICEF: supportunicef.org.
She arrived at Shahjalal International Airport in
Dhaka in the morning after attending the
wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and US
actress Meghan Markle in the UK.
From there she took a US-Bangla flight to
Cox’s Bazar, which arrived at 12:30pm.
Cox’s Bazar Additional Superintendent of
Police Afrajul Haque Tutul told bdnews24.com
Chopra also visited the local office of the UN
agency for children before the refugee camp
visit.
He said the actress spoke to the Rohingya
children at different blocks of the refugee
camp.
She declined to speak to the media during the
visit.
Before ending her four-day tour on Thursday,
she will visit the Balukhali and Jamtali refugee
camps in Ukhiya on Tuesday and the
Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp on
Wednesday.
by: bdnews24