Angelina Jolie arrives in Cox’s Bazar to visit Rohingya camps

American actress Angelina Jolie is in Cox’s Bazar to fulfil her duties as special envoy for the UN Refugee Agency,UNHCR.

 

Her visit comes prior to the launch of a new appeal for the humanitarian situation in Bangladesh – the 2019 Joint Response Plan – which seeks to raise some $920 million to continue meeting the basic needs of Rohingya refugees and the communities hosting them.

 

The special envoy focuses on major forced displacement crises, representing UNHCR and the high commissioner at the diplomatic level.

 

This is the special envoy’s first visit to Bangladesh.

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