Assessments

A novel Coronavirus or COVID-19, which evolved in Wuhan, China in early December 2019, has soon turned into pandemic infecting over 15 million people and causing over 600 thousand deaths across the world, as of July…

Introduction In August 2017, targeted violence against the Rohingya people living in Myanmar triggered a massive refugee influx in Bangladesh, with an estimated 745,000 Rohingya fleeing into Cox’s Bazar. Almost three years on, approximately 1.3 million people…

Abstract The coastal areas of Bangladesh cover 19 districts , consist of 32% of the total land of the country, and holds 26% of the country’s total population. Although more than 37 million people’s livelihoods are sustained…

MIGRANT VULNERABILITY AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS The primary humanitarian needs of migrants identified through 2,263 interviews conducted with key informants across Libya in May and June 2020 are health services (80%), shelter (49%) and Non-Food Items (NFIs) (35%). The…

Context Analysis and Situation overview Myanmar has been experiencing Civil war since independence with this affecting selected parts of the country at different times and with different drivers. The HRP 2020 pointed out factors including armed conflict,…

Summary Turkey currently hosts approximately 3.6 million refugees, the majority of whom live out-of-camp, in cities and villages, integrated with the host (Turkish) communities and they therefore share the same environment, resources, and developments in all spheres…

Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak started in Thailand in midJanuary 2020. The pandemic has had a significant impact on all sectors of Thai society, including refugees and asylum-seekers. In the urban context, UNHCR has been working with a range…

Executive summary Every third family lost income across Nepal due to COVID-19, in earthquake-affected areas it is 87% of households In May 2020, People in Need (PIN) and Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) conducted a multi-sectoral needs assessment in…

Summary In mid-May 2020 Cox's Bazar registered its first case of COVID-19. Since then movement restriction and a rising death toll, as well as the start of the rainy season, has made a difficult situation worse for…

Context The impact of COVID-19 in Cambodia has four broad dimensions; health, economic, socio-cultural and political. According to the Global Health Security Index report in 2019, Cambodia ranked 89th out of 195 countries in preparedness for infectious…