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When armed clashes increased and the conditions worsened in Myanmar, thousands of people continued to cross the border to seek safety in crowded camps in Cox’s bazaar, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees had lived in solid population camps.
“This is the biggest movement of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh since 2017,“Said Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCRJournalist briefing in Geneva on Friday.
He clarified that unlike the mass entry in 2017, when around 750,000 Rohingya fled from deadly violence in the state of Rakhine, uptick in this refugee had been opened in stages.
Advisoring asylum
UNHCR works closely with local authority to respond to urgent humanitarian needs.
“When the conflict in Myanmar continues, we advocate with the Bangladesh authority to provide access that is managed to safety and asylum for civilians who fled the conflict,” he said.
Bangladesh has long provided protection to Rohingya, most Muslim minority communities in Myanmar, most of which are Buddhism.
This country currently accommodates nearly one million people in new refugee and new arrival camps -many of them women and children -put further tension on resources. Many are very relying on local solidarity and share limited resources with those who have lived in the camp.
On appeal for support
At the end of June, nearly 121,000 new refugees have been registered biometrically, although many more are believed to live informally in the camp. Access to adequate shelters remains a major concern because the facilities struggle to absorb new populations.
“This new arrival joined nearly one million Rohingya refugees who were crammed only 24 square kilometers,” Baloch said. “More humanitarian support is needed. “
Aid partners have been able to provide basic services including food, medical care, education, and important assistance. However, the response is now under a serious threat due to lack of funds.
UNHCR warned that the 2024 humanitarian appeal was $ 255 million only 35 percent funded. Without direct financial support, all operations can face systemic collapse.
Actions needed now
Unless additional funds are secured, health services will be very disturbed in September and important cooking fuel – Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) – will run out in December. Food assistance will stop and education for around 230,000 Rohingya children, including 63,000 newcomers, in danger to be stopped.
Although the border which is strictly controlled and officially closed officially, the Bangladesh government has allowed new arrivals to access emergency services in the camp. The UN agency expressed his deep appreciation of the humanitarian movement in a very challenging condition.
“We do not have the resources to take care of new arrivals and also those who were there before them,” Baloch said. “Everything will be affected.”
When the transfer from the state of Rakhine continued, UNHCR and their partners urged the international community to act quickly. Without direct and continuous support, the fragile humanitarian response at Cox’s Bazar can begin to decompose – with a destroying consequence for more than one million people who rely on it to survive.
