Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham:
I could not agree more with the Deputy. The Cox's Bazar refugee camp is horrible. It is terrible. It is a refugee camp in a country that is already suffering its own development challenges. Bangladesh has been called on to provide protection and support in addition to what the donors provide. I entirely agree with the Deputy. Just a few weeks ago, for example, more than 100,000 people were displaced in eastern Congo. I only know about it because my colleagues report on it but I did not see it anywhere in the press. Meanwhile, if 100,000 people were displaced in other countries, we would know about it. There is some form of discrimination in terms of the news coverage of these situations.
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