Rohingya refugees begin to bear spillover effects of Iran war

DHAKA: The impact of the US–Israel war on Iran has already reached Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, where refugees say spillover effects are compounding the existing crisis of displacement and shrinking humanitarian aid. Bangladesh relies on imports for 95 percent of its energy needs and has been struggling to secure supplies of crude and gas from key sources in the Middle East since the beginning of the war on Feb. 28. Supplies to refugee camps come from these imports, too, through the UN refugee agency — UNHCR — and the International Organization for Migration.