Rohingya emergency

In August 2017, over 750,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh following violent military crackdowns in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. They joined previous influxes of Rohingya who fled the country in the 70s and 90s. Today, nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees live in Bangladesh, most of them in Cox’s Bazar district, near the border with Myanmar. The strain on the local host community and its already stretched facilities and services has been immense.

• Over 965,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh