Reports

HIGHLIGHTS Over 12,800 persons have been verified through the Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR joint verification exercise, as of 15 August. All persons above the age of 12 received an ID card and all households received a…

SITUATION OVERVIEW During the reporting period no significant rainfall was recorded in Cox’s Bazar: this past week brought 29 mm of rain in comparison to 115.25 mm for the previous week. As expected, far fewer weather hazard…

A Day of Sacrifices and Remembrance Later in August, Muslims around the world will celebrate Eid al-Adha, one of the main Islamic holidays. It is an important time for the Rohingya people, who refer to it as…

Operational Updates L3 Emergency Response: WFP continues with its Level 3 emergency response in Cox’s Bazar. According to the Inter Sector Coordination Group report of 21 June 2018, the total number of refugees stands at around 919,000, including…

Introduction: This document serves as a snapshot of community feedback on extreme weather. All data was collected by BRAC Community Mobilisation Volunteers (CMV) who were recruited by a UNICEF funded initiative under their Communication 4 Development (C4D)…

Overview of Hazard Incidents in July 2018* In the month of July 2018, eight hazards have been occurred with the total frequency of 54 among which 3 types were manmade (fire, boat-capsize, building collapse) and 5 were…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The reporting period was marked by a significant pause on heavy rains. In the first 7 days of August 55mm were recorded in Cox’s Bazar in comparison with 855.6mm of the previous week. As the…

Cox’s Bazar has been the center of one of the world’s most protracted refugee situations. Since the 1990s and before August 2017, the Bangladeshi government has been hosting more than 200,000 Rohingya refugees. On 25 August…

Introducation Background The Rohingya refugee population living in settlements in Cox’s Bazar is dependent on international assistance. Presently, there are limits on how self-sufficient refugees can be, as they have restricted freedom of movement beyond the areas where…

Rabia is grateful to the local people of Bangladesh Rabia and her husband have three children – two daughters and a son. Rabia fled Myanmar for the sake of her young children. She hopes every day that…