2 UNHCR aircraft arrive with relief materials

Two major UNHCR airlift with emergency relief supplies for Rohingya refugees arrived in Dhaka yesterday morning and afternoon respectively, reports UNB. The first flight landed here just before 04:30am while the second one at 2:15pm. A UNHCR-chartered Boeing 777 flew in with 91 metric tonnes of aid, including much-needed shelter materials, jerry cans, blankets, sleeping mats and other essential items from UNHCR's global stockpile in Dubai. The cargo has been loaded onto trucks which will bring the aid to the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar in south-eastern Bangladesh. A second aid flight, donated to UNHCR by United Arab Emirates (UAE), landed at 2:15 pm, bringing in some 1,700 family tents.

2 UNHCR aircraft arrive with relief materials

Two major UNHCR airlift with emergency relief supplies for Rohingya refugees arrived in Dhaka yesterday morning and afternoon respectively, reports UNB. The first flight landed here just before 04:30am while the second one at 2:15pm. A UNHCR-chartered Boeing 777 flew in with 91 metric tonnes of aid, including much-needed shelter materials, jerry cans, blankets, sleeping mats and other essential items from UNHCRs global stockpile in Dubai. The cargo has been loaded onto trucks which will bring the aid to the refugee camps in Coxs Bazar in south-eastern Bangladesh. A second aid flight, donated to UNHCR by United Arab Emirates (UAE), landed at 2:15 pm, bringing in some 1,700 family tents.