Reports

KEY ISSUES WFP is working to ensure Rohingya refugee families do not go hungry. Monthly food distributions provide rice, lentils and vegetable oil. To improve access to a diverse and nutritious diet, the evoucher programme is being…

Highlights • On 2 July, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim visited Cox’s Bazar. The World Bank announced it would provide Bangladesh with US$480 million for the Rohingya response,…

Urgent needs HI launched an emergency response in August 2017 to assist hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar. Since June 2018, these already vulnerable people have had to face torrential rain. Floods and…

706,364 New Rohingya arrivals since 25 August 2017 to Cox’s Bazar 919,000 Total Rohingya Population in Cox’s Bazar 1.3 Million People in Need in Cox’s Bazar Key Features IOM health is rolling out a training package for mobile medical team…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Following heavy rainfall (184 mm) on 3 and 4 July, the reporting period brought light to moderate rains across the 8 weather stations in Cox’s Bazar. The 30-year average for total rainfall in July stands…

Painting a grim picture of villages being burned to the ground and other “bone-chilling” accounts he heard from Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar, the UN chief has called on the world to answer their…

Between 3 and 5 July heavy rainfall, ranging from 119 to 159 millimeters, has triggered waterlogging in Matarbari union of Maheshkhali Upazila in Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh Meteorological Department 06/07/2018). 22 out of 31 villages, are waterlogged…

COUNTRY OVERVIEW Sitting in a predominantly low-lying region at the intersections of the Ganga, Meghna, and Brahmaputra rivers and the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta, Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to a changing climate.…

New Zealand is providing a further $4 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by recent violence in Myanmar, including Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar currently hosts the world’s largest refugee population with approximately…

HIGHLIGHTS The UN Secretary General and the President of the World Bank visited Cox’s Bazar, joined by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Executive Director of UNFPA on 2 July. They met with Government officials,…