Arunn Jegan

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Arunn Jegan has been the Head of Mission for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Bangladesh. Arunn has worked as an Emergency Coordinator in Yemen, Syria, Venezuela for MSF and in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey in senior management positions for other international NGOs. He specialises in humanitarian crisis coordination of public health emergencies and creative approaches to advocacy. As a Tamil-born Australian, his interests are in improving the lives and health of refugee communities. 

A ring-fence around the Rohingya can’t last – Australia’s policy needs to change
A ring-fence around the Rohingya can’t last – Australia’s policy needs to change
Seven years on, a temporary aid agenda is only extenuating the problem.
Remember the Rohingya, for disease hasn’t forgotten them
Remember the Rohingya, for disease hasn’t forgotten them
After six years, supposedly temporary camps now resemble slums. How long can the world turn away?
Australia could lead the way on Rohingya crisis
Australia could lead the way on Rohingya crisis
Canberra is well placed to broker a new deal for resettling the region’s most vulnerable refugees.
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