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Racing to prevent a ‘disaster within a disaster,’ UNHCR ups vaccine, clean water and sanitation drives in informal Bangladesh settlements. By Tim Gaynor KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP EXTENSION, Bangladesh – It is about 10 steps from mother Khaleda Begum’s…

By Corinne Ambler Rajuma Khatun, 25, is exhausted. She has barely eaten or slept since she arrived in Bangladesh from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Sitting in a makeshift shelter under a piece of plastic sheeting, she is surrounded…

Safe spaces and schools are vital if huge numbers of children fleeing from violence in Myanmar are to recover from their toxic stress. Almost 60% of the Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic atrocities in Myanmar are children -…

At least 1,267 children are vulnerable to exploitation including human trafficking, sexual abuse, child labour and child marriage after fleeing the violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The emergency situation has resulted in a reported 1,000 plus fatalities…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is calling for…

Highlights An estimated 436,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh since 25 August 2017. IOM’s 5th Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM) report focused on Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar has been published, detailing the needs of the…

Kuala Lumpur, 26th September 2017 – In early September, Myanmar authorities had instructed all foreign and international aid groups operating in Rakhine to go on a temporary lockdown due to the violence that had erupted on…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS • Since 25 August more than 422 000 people are estimated to have crossed from Myanmar to Bangladesh following violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar (as of 19 September). • 185 000 are located in makeshift settlement/camps,…

Highlights • On 20 September, the Inter-Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) reported that 429,000 people are estimated to have entered Bangladesh since 25 August, 2017. The total number of affected people, including the new influx, is now over…

Dhaka - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today called for support to be ramped up for an estimated 436,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in the last month, and the…