At 1:00 am on 7 January 2024, a massive and devastating fire broke out in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Flames blazed for over three hours in Camp 5, a UNHCR-managed camp, until ...

January - December 2023

Over 800 households were affected by the fire, comprising around 5,000 refugees, including 3,5000 children. Displaced households have sought temporary shelter in the homes of relatives or other commun...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its humanitarian partners are scrambling to respond to the latest devastating fire that ravaged through Camp 5, one of the 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar that make the large...