Reports

SUMMARY OF THE EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL The IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) has approved a total of CHF 499,987 for the implementation of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) cyclone EAP. The approved amount consists of…

Context The population movement crisis continues as a protracted crisis in Cox’s Bazar. The crisis has impacted 971,904 displaced people from Myanmar living in 33 congested camps including 32,560 people living in Bhasanchar Island and 345,972 host…

Introduction Bangladesh is currently home to almost 1 million Rohingya refugees who have fled targeted violence, large-scale armed attacks, and human rights violations in neighbouring Myanmar. Most of them stay in the congested refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar,…

What happened, where and when? The massive fire that occurred on 5 March 2023, was considered one of the major incidents that caused significant impacts on the displaced people from Rakhine temporarily living across the camp settlements…

Highlights The protracted Rohingya refugee crisis is a major humanitarian emergency, with 971,904 Rohingya refugees1 living in 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, the world's largest refugee settlement. Bangladesh continues to experience increased recurrence of severe…

ROHINGYA CULTURAL MEMORY CENTRE DISPLAYS ROHINGYA ART AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS AT THE UK PARLIAMENT A week long exhibition of the Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre (RCMC) entitled “Arar Rosom, Arar Elom” (“Our Culture, Our Wisdom”) was held in…

CONTEXT. Over the last four decades, Rohingya people have been fleeing in successive waves to Bangladesh from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Bangladesh hosts now more than 967,000 Rohingya refugees in some of the largest and most densely…

In response to the recent fire in one of the refugee camps, hosting nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, the European Union has released €300 000 to assist the affected population. The incident left…

SUMMARY OF THE 2023 SENS FINDINGS: Two Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) were conducted from 2nd -20th November 2023 with the objective to assess the general nutrition and health situation of Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar…

Situation Update At 1:00 am on 7 January 2024, a massive and devastating fire broke out in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Flames blazed for over three hours in Camp 5, a UNHCR-managed camp, until…