Reports

DHAKA, Bangladesh, 4 October 2017 - We leave Bangladesh moved by the stories of suffering that we heard from refugees fleeing the violence in Myanmar – and all the more determined that the United Nations…

South Asia experienced the worst monsoon in decades with record high rainfall recorded in parts of Northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal over the last two weeks of August, 2017. Over 41 million [i] people were affected…

The reporting form is concise and direct – similar to the reason Dr Shahadad Hossain gives for filling out and filing it each day: “It saves lives.” The team lead of a mobile medical team at Balukhali…

By William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Geneva - In late August, I was alerted by our Chief of Mission in Dhaka to a new exodus of people fleeing Myanmar’s North Rakhine State…

UN Migration Agency Appeals for USD 120 million to Support over 500,000 Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Cox's Bazar – Over 500,000 newly arrived Rohingya refugees are now living in dire conditions in Bangladesh's Cox Bazar region. IOM,…

More than half a million people have fled to Bangladesh in little over a month, escaping violence in Rakhine State in neighbouring Myanmar. CAFOD, the Catholic Church’s overseas aid agency in England and Wales, is responding to…

Kuala Lumpur, 3 October 2017 – Amid a dramatic increase in the number of refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine state, MERCY Malaysia continues to call for urgent action to provide relief for refugees in…

KEY FIGURES NEW ARRIVALS 507,000 Estimated new arrivals in total since 25 August 2017 EXISTING POPULATION 307,500 Estimated number of refugees prior to August 25 OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS An estimated 12,500 refugees now have access to latrines and 16,000 refugees have…

Leading UK aid agencies today [Wednesday 4 October] announced a joint fundraising appeal to help the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their homes in Myanmar who are in urgent need of shelter, medical care, water…

(New York, 3 October 2017): Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock today released an additional US$12 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently help the most vulnerable people fleeing…