Informes

SITUATION OVERVIEW Since 25 August 2017, an estimated 536,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The total Rohingya population in Bangladesh now surpasses 800,000. An estimated 300,000 Rohingya were previously displaced by…

THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER 2017 A man shows me the bullet scar in his arm and points in the direction of the border. Then he makes a cutting gesture across his throat and points to the children standing…

Cox’s Bazar – An estimated 536,000 people have fled Myanmar and arrived in Cox’s Bazar, southern Bangladesh, over the past 47 days, according to the IOM-hosted Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) of aid agencies. Numbers…

OVERVIEW Most families only eat 1 meal per day, often just plain rice. There are already signs of severe malnutrition. In some of the camps more than 6,000 people are sharing 3 toilets. Many refugees could not wash…

More than 150,000 refugee children under the age of five are acutely malnourished, warns the international aid organization CARE. “The situation of the children is desperate, many have not eaten more than one meal a day…

DHAKA, 13 October 2017: UNICEF and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief of the Government of Bangladesh have agreed today to construct 10 000 latrines in the Rohingya camps and settlements of Cox’s Bazar…

Caritas has swung into action getting food and cooking utensils to Rohingya refugees as of 8 October, after receiving clearance from the Bangladesh authorities. In the first phase of an emergency response to the Rohingya refugee crisis,…

Aid workers are in a race against time to stop the rapid spread of disease as thousands of Rohingya people arrive in Bangladesh every day. Oxfam warned that an outbreak of cholera would devastate the camps…

Bangladesh: Responding to the plight of the Rohingya Dhaka, 11 October – The JRS Deputy International Director, Fr Joseph Xavier SJ, is currently evaluating opportunities for JRS to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, where over 500,000 people…

1. Situation overview Since 25 August 2017, an estimated 500 000 Royingya fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have crossed the border into Cox’s Bazar in neighbouring Bangladesh. Taking account of the Myanmar nationals who had previously…