Dhaka, July 06 (QNA) - At least eight people, including children, were killed, and several others were injured early on Monday after heavy monsoon rains ​triggered multiple landslides at refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, officials ‌said.

"We’re moving people out of high-risk areas as quickly as possible to prevent any more casualties,” Bangladeshi official tasked with refugee relief and ​repatriation, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, said.

More than 1.2 million Rohingya live in overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee settlement. Most families live in makeshift shelters made ​of bamboo and plastic sheets on steep, deforested hillsides that are highly vulnerable to landslides during the annual monsoon season. (QNA