Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar Face Threat From Wildlife

The U.N. refugee agency warns that thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar face a new threat from interactions with elephants roaming the huge settlement where they are living in squalid, overcrowded conditions. More than 670,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since August, escaping violence and persecution in Myanmar. Most of them are living in the Kutupalong refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee camp.   The refugees are faced with...

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