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Add to Preferred SourcesSince 25 August 2017, an estimated 536,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The total Rohingya population in Bangladesh now surpasses 800,000. An estimated 300,000 Rohingya were previously displaced by conflict and are living in Bangladesh in makeshift settlements or with host communities.
New arrivals are living in spontaneous settlements with increasing need of humanitarian assistance, including shelter, food, clean water, and sanitation. Poor road networks and insufficient drainage in the displacement sites makes it difficult to reach new arrivals with urgent support and services.
The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is working closely with IOM and other agencies to establish a new 3,000 acre site. Site planners and engineers are working on access roads and layout of this large site to allow scale up of services which will improve humanitarian assistance. IOM is providing assistance and services to a very vulnerable population with significant protection needs.
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Original source: IOM.
Posted on 12 October 2017