Reports

Situation Overview In the early hours of 25 August, coordinated attacks were staged against multiple police posts and an army base in Rakhine State, sparking retaliations. The extent and implications of the attack remain uncertain. To date,…

9 September 2017 (Dhaka): Humanitarian agencies operating in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh urgently need US$77 million to assist people who have fled violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar. Since 25 August, an estimated 290,000 people are believed to have…

Crisis overview Some 270,000 people have fled Rakhine state in Myanmar to Bangladesh following an eruption of violence on 25 August. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an Islamic insurgent group, launched multiple attacks on government posts…

Bangladesh - IOM, the UN Migration Agency, today (8/9) confirmed that 270,000 people have fled violence in Myanmar to seek safety in Bangladesh since 25 August. IOM, which yesterday allocated USD 1 million from its emergency funds…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Duniya Aslam Khan – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Amid a dramatic…

Action Against Hunger warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in an already tense region An outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State that began on August 25th is causing large numbers of people to flee across the border…

Situation Overview In the early hours of 25 August, coordinated attacks were staged against multiple police posts and an army base in Rakhine State, sparking retaliations. The extent and implications of the attack remain uncertain. To date,…

Kuala Lumpur/Geneva, 7 September 2017 — Bangladesh Red Crescent Society is urgently scaling up efforts to provide water, food and other aid to displaced people who have recently crossed into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh from Rakhine state,…

SITUATION IN NUMBERS 5 September 2017 358,602 number of children in need of humanitarian assistance prior to August influx 74,160 number of newly arrived children in need of humanitarian assistance 123,600 number of new arrivals, since 25 August 2017 (ISCG SitRep, 4 September) Highlights •…

Situation Overview In the early hours of 25 August, coordinated attacks were staged against multiple police posts and an army base in Rakhine State, sparking retaliations. The extent and implications of the attack remain uncertain. To date,…