www.ifrc.orgSaving lives, changing minds.

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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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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