Highlights
• 624,000 new arrivals (Since 25th August) are reported as of 25 November ((IOM Needs and Population Monitoring)).
• Since the latest weekly situation report on 22 November, there have been 3,000 new arrivals.
• As of 25 November, the Bangladeshi Immigration and Passports Department has registered 663, 694 people through biometric registration.
• The Bangladesh Social Service department has identified 7,771 unaccompanied and separated children.
• This week the ISCG Humanitarian Hub in Ukhia will become operational. ISCG will deploy staff to the field in order to provide coordination services on the ground for sector partners, government authorities and both national and international non-governmental organizations. The hub has been constructed by the International Humanitarian Partnership and IOM.
624,000 Cumulative arrivals since 25 Aug
46,000 Arrivals in host communities
342,000 Arrivals in Kutupalong Expansion Site
236,000 Arrivals in other settlements and camps
Situation Overview
• Violence in Rakhine State which began on 25 August 2017 has driven an estimated 6244,000 Rohingya across the border into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The speed and scale of the influx has resulted in a critical humanitarian emergency. The people who have arrived in Bangladesh since 25 August came with very few possessions. They have used most their savings on transportation and constructing a shelter, often out of no more than bamboo and thin plastic. They are now reliant on humanitarian assistance for food, and other life-saving needs. Basic services that were available prior to the influx are under severe strain due to the massive increase in people in the area. In some of the sites that have spontaneously emerged, water and sanitation facilities are limited or of poor quality, with extremely high density raising the risks of an outbreak of disease. The Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar is highly vulnerable, having fled conflict and experienced severe trauma, and now living in extremely difficult conditions.
• Population movements within Cox’s Bazar remain highly fluid, with increasing concentration in Ukhia, where the Government has allocated 3,000 acres for a new camp. People have begun arriving at the new, proposed site before infrastructure and services can be established. Crucially there is limited access to the site and no roads through this site; this is preventing the development of infrastructure including water and sanitation facilities.