US delegation visits Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar
Thursday, 13 July 2023
A high-level US delegation who arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday visited Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Wednesday, reports BSS.
The US delegation included US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya, US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia, USAID, Znjali Kaur.
Senior officials of US Embassy in Dhaka accompanied the team during its visit.
Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Mohammed Mizanur Rahman said the US delegation reached Rohingya camp no-9 at 11 am and then visited the registration centre of UNHCR.
Apart from visiting the activities of different international agencies, the delegation exchanged views with Rohingya community leaders, imams, women and children.
After holding a meeting with government officials and aid workers at the UNHCR office in Cox's Bazar, the US delegation was expected to return to Dhaka in the afternoon.