Bangladesh, March 29 -- Bangladesh continues to host one of the largest protracted refugee populations in the world, with the Rohingya crisis showing no sign of a durable solution as the situation has been compounded with the passage of time.

Due to escalating conflicts in Myanmar's Rakhine State - particularly involving the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar military (Junta) - over 150,000 to 179,000 new Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh since early 2024.

According to the latest UNHCR and UNFPA estimates, more than 1.17 million Rohingya refugees are living in Bangladesh, primarily in crowded settlements in Cox's Bazar, with tens of thousands on Bhasan Char Island.

The majority of these displaced people are women and childre...