Informes

1. BACKGROUND 1.1. Context Since the beginning of August, heavy monsoon rains have caused intense flooding across more than one-third of Bangladesh. According to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR), these floods are the worst in…

DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is responding to the humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh by providing food to people arriving in Cox’s Bazar following an outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State. WFP…

Highlights • The change in the new arrivals figure from 24 to 26 September is due, in large part, to the additional estimated 35,000 new arrivals settling in the two refugee camps, which was not reported in…

Un mes después de que la violencia comenzase en el estado de Rakhine (Myanmar), más de 430 000 personas han cruzado la frontera de Bangladesh, en la región de Cox´s Bazar. La afluencia de personas sigue …

By Corinne Ambler Rajuma Khatun, 25, is exhausted. She has barely eaten or slept since she arrived in Bangladesh from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Sitting in a makeshift shelter under a piece of plastic sheeting, she is surrounded…

Safe spaces and schools are vital if huge numbers of children fleeing from violence in Myanmar are to recover from their toxic stress. Almost 60% of the Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic atrocities in Myanmar are children -…

At least 1,267 children are vulnerable to exploitation including human trafficking, sexual abuse, child labour and child marriage after fleeing the violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The emergency situation has resulted in a reported 1,000 plus fatalities…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is calling for…

Kuala Lumpur, 26th September 2017 – In early September, Myanmar authorities had instructed all foreign and international aid groups operating in Rakhine to go on a temporary lockdown due to the violence that had erupted on…