“Within a year, 60,000 babies have been born in Rohingya camps in India.”
What FACTLY found
In 2018, Dr. Poonam Khetrapal reported an expectation of 60,000 childbirths in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. This figure has been mistakenly interpreted as referring to camps in India. However, official statistics indicate that approximately 100 children are born daily in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, totaling nearly 200,000 births from 2017 to 2023. Regarding India, UNHCR reported as of 31 January 2022, more than 46,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, primarily from Myanmar and Afghanistan, are...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 June 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 June 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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