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A critical and complex humanitarian emergency is unfolding in Bangladesh, which is hosting more
than 730,000 people who have been displaced from Rakhine State in Myanmar.
These displaced people – mostly women and children – are almost entirely dependent on humanitarian aid for survival. The majority are living in makeshift settlements in terrible conditions. Basic services
that were available to the previously displaced communities and the host community are under severe strain.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is appealing for 33,516,627 Swiss francs to allow the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and its partners to support 200,000 of the most vulnerable people who have fled Rakhine.
BangladeshPopulation movement
SnapshotSince 25 August 2017, violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has caused a massive displacement of more than 537,000 persons across the border into Bangladesh, mostly to Cox’s Bazar District with smaller numbers in Bandarban District. Most of the new arrivals are wom-en and children. These newly displaced persons have joined more than 210,000 people from Rakhine who had been sheltering in Bangladesh for months, years and in some cases, decades. There are now more than 730,000 displaced persons from Rakhine in the south of Bangladesh.
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CHITTAGONG
KHULNAIFRC AppealThis Emergency Appeal will ensure immediate assistance as well as medium and longer-term measures to build community safety, dig-nity and resilience for the displaced people and their host communi-ties. It also includes contingency planning for an expected continued influx of persons from Rakhine, future cyclone seasons, and disease prevention.
33,516,627 Swiss francs needed
200,000 people in desperate need of help
24,006,582 Swiss francs funding gap
October 24, 2017
2
730,000 displaced people
67%of new
arrivals are women and
children
33,516,627 Swiss francs
needed
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Fact Sheet Bangladesh – population movement / October 2017
IFRC urgent actionsHealth (including psychosocial support and nutrition)
Mobile medical clinics and a field hospital
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Safe drinking water, latrines, hygiene support
Livelihoods (including food security)
Emergency food and nutrition and longer-term livelihoods strategies
Shelter (including relief items)
Tarpaulins, rope, mats, cooking equipment, dignity kits for women
Restoring family links
Helping displaced people reconnect with missing loved ones
Disaster and crisis risk reduction
Reducing the risks posed by monsoons and cyclones
Protection, gender and inclusion
Protecting women, children and vulnerable people from violence and discrimination
For more information, please contact:
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesP.O. Box 303CH-1211 Geneva 19SwitzerlandTelephone: +41 22 730 42 22
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