The Rohingya community, at a "dangerous turning point", according to several NGOs

They call for a more active role of ASEAN and greater international leadership

Of the million Rohingya refugees, there are 450,000 adolescents and children who are at risk of becoming a "lost generation"

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Amnesty International have assured that the Rohingya community faces a "dangerous turning point" on the anniversary of the violent repression against this community in Burma.

"This solemn anniversary is an ominous reminder that not a single high-ranking military officer from Burma has been prosecuted for the heinous campaign of violence against the Rohingya," AI Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns Ming Yu Hah said in a statement. framework of this date, which is commemorated on August 25.

Thus, he declared that "the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must also play a more energetic, decisive and leadership role to defend the Rohingya people and press for accountability in Burma".

The secretary general of the Norwegian Council for Refugees, Jan Egeland, also agreed on this point, pointing out that "China and the member states of ASEAN must organize a leadership summit" with the aim of "charting a path to follow to resolve the crisis.

Likewise, Egeland has said he is "dismayed" by the "vacuum" of "international leadership" outside of Bangladesh. "Instead of unblocking the situation to find lasting solutions, leaders are competing in a race to the bottom," he explained.

"They must be helped out of forced displacement now or it will be too late ... If this cruel limbo continues, the reality of them ever returning home to Burma will be gone," he said, adding that Rohingya refugees are "on the edge of a terrifying precipice."

For its part, Save the Children has assured, in a survey carried out by the organization of almost 300 minors in Cox Bazar, that three out of four Rohingya children are unhappy or "always suffering", while almost 80 percent of they say they feel depressed "all the time" or sometimes.

“It is unacceptable that, five years after fleeing horrific violence in their own country, the majority of Rohingya refugees still do not feel safe,” said Save the Children Bangladesh Country Director Onno van Manen.

For this reason, he has warned that these minors show "worrying signs of depression and anxiety." Save the Children has focused on child marriages and schooling, warning that children with limited access to better living conditions "are losing" "hope".

"The results show that the efforts of the international community, despite being significant, fall short of adequately responding to the needs of refugees," the organization explained in a statement.

In this sense, the organization has expressed its concern about "the increase in the cost of living around the world" and that this fact may affect "the capacity of the international community to continue providing the necessary assistance to refugees."

Due to the situation, according to the latest figures provided by the UN, about 14 million affected people need humanitarian aid. Of the million Rohingya refugees, there are about 450,000 adolescents and children who are at risk of becoming a "lost generation".

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, assured last week in a meeting with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, that "the current situation on the other side of the border" is not "suitable for returns".

"Repatriation should always be carried out in a voluntary and dignified manner, only when safe and sustainable conditions exist in Burma," he said, adding that he was concerned about "the rise of anti-Rohingya rhetoric in the country."