Informes

866,000 Revised estimate of Total Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar - 15 Dec 653,000 Estimated number of New Arrivals since 25 August 2017 71,000 Estimated number of New Arrivals between R6 15 Oct – R7 15 Dec In late…

The Australian Government is partnering with the Australian Red Cross and Australia for UNHCR to help Rohingya who need assistance following violence in Myanmar. This includes more than 620,000 people, mostly women and children, who have fled…

Highlights 655,000 new arrivals (Since 25th August) are reported as of 17 December (IOM Needs and Population Monitoring and UNHCR Family Counting). As of 15 December, the Bangladeshi Immigration and Passports Department has registered 844,207 people through biometric…

Summary Background On August 25, 2017, a counter-insurgency military operation in Rakhine State, Myanmar, led to the massive displacement of Rohingya civilians into Bangladesh. Fleeing violence, approximately 626,000 Rohingya crossed into Bangladesh in under three months. To inform…

KUWAIT CITY – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$500,000 contribution from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society for urgent food assistance to Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state for…

UNHCR issued a statement on the return arrangement signed between Myanmar and Bangladesh, stressing that conditions in Myanmar are not yet conducive for returns. The trend of new arrivals has considerably decreased with least 270 people crossing…

Overview In the 20th century, there have been multiple waves of movement of Rohingya population from Rakhine State in Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and back. The 2017 exodus is by far the largest. Following each…

“On December 6, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded $7.5 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) under the Food for Peace Act to improve the nutritional status of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.…

Highlights The humanitarian situation for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh remains dire, with some 646,000 refugees newly arrived since 25 August 2017. At least 58% of them are children. Even if the pace of arrivals has slowed down,…

To assist South Asia with post disaster response due to the recent flooding and population displacements in the region, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China has partnered with the United Nations…