Rapports

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…

SUMMARY Since August 2017, an estimated 702,160 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar District from Myanmar,1 bringing the total number of Rohingya refugees residing in Bangladesh to approximately 915,000. The unplanned and spontaneous nature of the…

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,…

The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s global efforts to end extreme poverty, deliver the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) and tackle a wide range of global development challenges. The UK’s focus and…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (6 July 2018) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors has approved grant assistance of $100 million—the first of an envisaged package totaling $200 million to help the Government of Bangladesh develop…

Situation Overview In the past week, a period of moderate rainfall was followed by two days of very heavy downpours. On 3 and 4 July, a total of 184 mm of rain was registered in Cox’s Bazar…

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 In Leda extension, IOM is responding to water scarcity with the installation…