Reports

The Australian Government is partnering with the Australian Red Cross and Australia for UNHCR to help Rohingya who need assistance following violence in Myanmar. This includes more than 620,000 people, mostly women and children, who have fled…

Highlights 655,000 new arrivals (Since 25th August) are reported as of 17 December (IOM Needs and Population Monitoring and UNHCR Family Counting). As of 15 December, the Bangladeshi Immigration and Passports Department has registered 844,207 people through biometric…

Cox’s Bazar, 17 December 2017 – The Government of the Republic of Korea has committed US$ 500,000 to assist UNFPA Bangladesh with its crucial response to the unique sexual reproductive health and protection needs of women…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Since 25 August 2017, an estimated 655,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, increasing the total Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar to 867,000. New arrivals are living in spontaneous settlements…

What you need to know 646,000 people have arrived since 25 August 10,000 crossed the border in the past week 1.2 million require immediate humanitarian assistance, including earlier arriving Myanmar nationals and vulnerable members of host communities According to the…

UNHCR issued a statement on the return arrangement signed between Myanmar and Bangladesh, stressing that conditions in Myanmar are not yet conducive for returns. The trend of new arrivals has considerably decreased with least 270 people crossing…

Overview In the 20th century, there have been multiple waves of movement of Rohingya population from Rakhine State in Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and back. The 2017 exodus is by far the largest. Following each…

Highlights The humanitarian situation for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh remains dire, with some 646,000 refugees newly arrived since 25 August 2017. At least 58% of them are children. Even if the pace of arrivals has slowed down,…

1. Population under Epidemiological Surveillance and Reporting Units During epidemiological week 48 (26 November-2 December 2017), there was a 0.1% decrease in the population1 under EWARS compared to the previous epidemiological week (from 827,609 to 827,181). Overall,…

OVERVIEW In the 20th century, there have been multiple waves of movement of Rohingya population from Rakhine State in Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and back. The 2017 exodus is by far the largest. Following each…