28 Jun Environmental-migration: A moving reality
The headlines are daunting: “Environmental migrants up to 1 billion by 2050”. The impact of accelerating climate change on the planet and those who live on it are increasingly inescapable....
14 May Meth trade links: drugs fueling instability inside Bangladesh’s refugee camps
Drugs are fueling instability inside Bangladesh’s refugee camps, the AFP news agency is reporting. It’s understood that unemployed Rohingya are becoming drug runners for a criminal organization back in Myanmar and with those responsible for forcing them out. Methamphetamine pills or ‘Yaba’ as they’re known, are...
12 Feb Guest Podcast from MOAS: Communities in Crisis
How does the Rohingya refugee community keep itself going and what support do the Rohingya need? These are questions that Xchange is busy looking into for our new Snapshot Survey, in Unichiprang and Shamlapur refugee camps, Bangladesh. In this guest podcast, MOAS tries to answer these questions by...
03 Nov Voices from the Field: Mohamed from Maungdaw
Why are you in Bangladesh and when did you arrive? My name is Mohamed and I am from Maungdaw, Myanmar. I currently live in Bangladesh and have done so since 2012. In 2012 I had to leave my homeland because of the violence and restrictions forced...
20 Oct Podcast: The Bangladesh Refugee Camps
To find out more about life in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, listen to a recent podcast by Gordon Watson of MOAS. He interviewed Xchange's GIS Analyst and Bangladesh team leader, Pablo Gallego, about his time conducting surveys in the camps. For more information on...