Leda makeshift settlement
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictCox's Bazar District
UpazilaTeknaf Upazila
Population
 (14 January 2018)[1]
 • Total15,300 (main camp)
34,400 (extended area)

Leda makeshift settlement is a refugee camp constructed for Rohingya refugees on government-owned land in Nhilla Union of the Teknaf sub-district in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.[2] The camp is located some 15 km (9.3 mi) from Teknaf town.[3]

History

The UK-based charity Islamic Relief constructed the settlement on an area of 20 hectares (0.077 sq mi) in July 2008, and worked on providing residents with water and sanitation until the Government of Bangladesh asked it to withdraw in February 2010.[4][5] Since then the camp site has been managed by the International Organization for Migration.[6] The camp is governed by a Camp Management Committee composed of camp residents.[7]

As of 14 January 2018, the population of refugees living within the original area of the Leda makeshift camp is 15,300. Another 34,400 are living in the extended camp area.[1]

Facilities

A ten-bed clinic run by IOM provides facility-based delivery services as well as basic emergency obstetric and newborn care.[8][9] Various NGOs operating the camp also provide madrassas, drinking water, latrines, washrooms, desludging tanks and child friendly spaces.[10] Leda has shops run by Bengali locals as well as Rohingya refugees.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cox's Bazar refugee population in Teknaf" (PDF). reliefweb.int. Inter Sector Coordination Group. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "BANGLADESH: Islamic Relief to withdraw from makeshift refugee camp". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive: Traffickers thrive on Rohingya crisis". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  4. ↑ "Islamic Relief to withdraw from makeshift refugee camp". IRIN. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  5. ↑ Kingstone, Heidi. "The Worst Refugee Crisis in the World Published". National Post. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh: Cox's Bazar refugee response (4w) - as of 29 Dec 2017" (PDF). Inter Sector Coordination Group.
  7. ↑ "Rohingyas want UN peacekeepers in Myanmar". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  8. ↑ "Bangladesh (Rohingya Influx): Reproductive Health Report, 1 November 2017". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  9. ↑ "The Invisible Population". The Daily Star. 2017-03-10. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  10. ↑ "BANGLADESH - Rohingya Refugee Crisis - Cox's Bazar District: General Infrastructure - Leda Makeshift Camp" (PDF). reliefweb.int. Inter Sector Coordination Group. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  11. ↑ Husein, Naushad Ali. "A fight to survive for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2018-01-14.

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