Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra, who is also the global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights, visited Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh on 21 May to meet the Rohingya refugees living in a camp there. The 35-year-old actress shared pictures from the camps after the visit and urged people to care for the Rohingya refugees. She was, however, slammed on social media as people called it a publicity stunt.
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She took to Instagram to share her pictures with Rohingya children and posted: “In the second half of 2017, the world saw horrific images of ethnic cleansing from the Rakhine State of Myanmar (Burma). This violence drove nearly 700,000 Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh – 60 percent are children! Many months later they are still highly vulnerable, living in overcrowded camps with no idea when or where they will ever belong…even worse when they will get their next meal.”
“And as they finally start to settle and feel a sense of safety, monsoon season looms…threatening to destroy all that they have built so far. This is an entire generation of children that have no future in sight,?” she added.
The Quantico actor also shared a video while she talked about the hardships of the people. “Their trip here was filled with many hardships and tremendous danger. Many of them made their journey on foot, walking for days through the hills, then floating across the Naf River or the Bay of Bengal on makeshift boats… Many of them injured, pregnant, elderly,” she wrote.
Priyanka added, “Their ordeal did not end here, after entering Bangladesh, they would often have to wait for days, sleeping in the open fields with no food or water, for aid workers to reach them. For a lot of the Rohingya children, this ordeal will leave them scarred, physically and emotionally, for the rest of their lives.”
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She took to Twitter to share her experience and posted this tweet.
Follow my Instagram to share my experiences as I visit the #Rohingya #Refugee camps on this #UnicefFieldVisit. #ChildrenUprooted
The world needs to care. We need to care. @UNICEF @UNICEFBD pic.twitter.com/cBFy66V8dB
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) May 21, 2018
This is how people reacted to her post.
Hello lage hath kashmiri pandito ke camps bhi dekh lo wo apne hi desh me refugee bane baithe hai,ya aapki or unisef ke liye hi humanity reserved hai rohingya ke liye ;bloody double standard bollytard
— abhishek kamble (@abhi_kya) May 21, 2018
This visit should be aimed at helping refugees and not just a selfie stunt .
— Ahmed Raza (@KingAhmedRaza) May 21, 2018
Bloody Double Standard Cheap People , I will Change my words if you pay same attention for Kasmiri Refugee Children ,Have you Dare to visit , Surely you can’t because we do not have any value in your preety eyes
— Manish Sharma (@MaSharma531) May 22, 2018
Of course, a struggling Hollywood actress has to do everything to get noticed by Hollywood folks pic.twitter.com/abTJ7idqOJ
— Antevasin (@Antevasin10) May 23, 2018
Remember you doesn’t represent 1.2 billion people sentiments. If you have no sympathy for indians then give your land and money to rohingyas and settle in Bangladesh permanently. From now onwards no more your movies for me and my family. Shame shame not expected from you.
— srinivasam (@subramaniumsri) May 22, 2018
Sorry for saying big thing.. but I just want to ask .. we have d same problem in India , forget India .. in Mumbai itself how many time did u visit n went there n thing about their problem n needs ??? Will appriciate if spare some time also at least nearby of our places. Thanks
— Somit Gope (@imSomit) May 21, 2018