The inflow of remittances is one of the main driving forces in Bangladesh’s economic growth and development (IOM, 2021b). Remittances support the economy by increasing foreign exchange reserves and national savings and reducing poverty levels (Chowdhury and Chakraborty, 2021).

The world’s largest refugee camp suffered significant damage in certain areas across Camp 11 after a massive fire spread through this camp on March 5, 2023. Three blocks were affected blocks (A, B, and D), with Block D having the most impacted households (1,278).

The massive fire that swept through Camp 11 on March 5, 2023, affecting over 16,000 Rohingya refugees, severely damaged certain areas of the world’s largest refugee camps. Of these, 5,000 Rohingya refugees were temporarily displaced and moved to nearby camps.

During an emergency and time of displacement, the psychosocial implications of displaced people are affected and the breakdown of the usual protective institutions such as the family, community, government, law enforcement structures, etc. increase the intensity of different protection issues.

The total number of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and and Bhasan char is around 961,729 individuals . A high majority of the Rohingya refugee population is concentrated in 33 extremely congested camps within Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh.

This snapshot on Bangladeshi migrants’ presence in Libya is part of the outputs of IOM’s EU-funded Displacement Tracking Matrix - Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (DTM REMAP) project.

This snapshot summarizes available data on Bangladeshi nationals in Lebanon from IOM’s Migrant Presence Monitoring (MPM) Round 3. Round 3 data collection took place between April and June 2023.

The massive fire that swept through Camp 11 on March 5, 2023, affecting over 16,000 Rohingya refugees, severely damaged certain areas of the world’s largest refugee camps. Of these, 5,000 Rohingya refugees were temporarily displaced and moved to nearby camps.

Rohingya refugees live in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh’s south-eastern district of Cox’s Bazar. The Myanmar military attack on Rakhine state in August 2017 forced thousands of Rohingya Muslims to escape to Bangladesh.

After the Burmese military’s violent assault on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine Province began in August 2017, when thousands of Rohingya people fled their homes with severe persecution resulting in the creation of the world’s largest refugee camps in Bangladesh.

On May 14 at around 15:00 hrs., Cyclone Mocha hit the coastal areas along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

A massive and devastating fire that broke out through Camp 11 on 5th March 2023, affected nearly 16,000 Rohingya refugees and causing severe damage to certain areas of the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.

The snapshot presents the number of Bangladeshi nationals who arrived by land and sea in the European Union and those who transited through the Western Balkan and Eastern Europe region, which comprise a portion but not all arrivals to EU in 2022.

The Baseline Mobility Assessment (BMA) is part of the European Union-funded Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) project "Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy" (REMAP).

The Baseline Mobility Assessment (BMA) is part of the European Union-funded Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) project "Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy" (REMAP).

Over 16,000 Rohingya refugees were impacted by the massive fire that swept through Camp 11 in Cox's Bazar, causing severe damage to certain areas of the world's largest refugee camp. Of these, 5,000 Rohingya refugees were temporarily displaced and moved to nearby camps.

In the displacement contexts, it is likely that the psychosocial implications of displacement and the breakdown of the usual protective institutions such as the family, community, government, law enforcement structures, etc. increases the intensity of different protection issues.

This report serves to present the findings from the Community-Based Needs Assessment conducted by DTM between March and September 2022 in Kurigram District, Bangladesh.

The Internal Mobility Assessment (IMA) conducted in the district of Kurigram forms an integral part of the European Union-funded Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) project "Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy" (REMAP).

It has been five years since Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, however the humanitarian response still remains focused on meeting humanitarian needs.

Rohingyar Hobor (Rohingya news) is a regular trends report produced by IOM Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM), IOM’s Protection Unit (Research and Consultations team), and ACAPS.

As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged globally, migrant workers, both internationally and within Bangladesh, found themselves facing a new set of challenges and vulnerabilities.

Data collection in humanitarian response is based on established standards, guidelines, and good practices that have evolved over time. While these practices give a general structure for data collection processes, they need to be adaptable to any specific response context.

August 2017 and the months that followed saw the influx of more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. This influx brought the Rohingya refugee population in Cox’s Bazar to over 900,000 (IOM 31/03/2022).