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The Rohingya Crisis in Numbers

1982
The year a law was passed by Myanmar’s then Junta Government identifying eight ethnicities that could claim Burmese citizenship. The Muslim Rohingya were not one of the eight, effectively rendering them stateless. From this point on, persecution of the Rohingya mounted. Many were forced to live in camps where freedom of movement is restricted and from where they have been denied access to local schools, hospitals and markets.

25 August 2017
Attacks by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army on border posts prompt a violent response by Myanmar security forces, leading 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh as of 20 October 2017.

809,000
The number of Rohingya refugees who have fled violence and persecution in Myanmar to seek refuge in Bangladesh, including 603,000 who have arrived since 25 August. They report horrific stories of mass killings, arson, rape and abuse.

288
The number of Rohingya villages that Human Rights Watch estimates have been destroyed since 25 August, according to satellite data. The UN’s Human Rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has described the Government’s operations in northern Rakhine State as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.”

$434 million
Humanitarian agencies are calling for $434 million in the Rohingya refugee crisis response plan to assist 1.2 million people - mainly Rohingya refugees but also host communities in Bangladesh – with emergency relief and protection. Priorities are clean water and sanitation, shelter, food, and counselling services to help heal deeply traumatized children, women and men.

26%
As of 20 October, the Rohingya humanitarian response plan had received 26 per cent of requirements, or nearly $106 million. Donors have been asked to step up their support to the crisis at the pledging event, which took place on 23 October.

10,333
The average number of Rohingya refugees who have crossed into Bangladesh daily since 25 August. Most are taking refuge in Kutupalong, and Kutupalong Expansion - makeshift camps that have been set up in Cox’s Bazar district on land made available by the Government of Bangladesh.

700,487
In Cox’s Bazar, the World Health Organization and the Government of Bangladesh have administered oral cholera vaccinations to more than 700,000 people as of 290 October, making this the second largest oral cholera vaccination campaign ever.

536,000
The total number of people reached by aid agencies with food assistance, though funding shortages have meant that one third of these people received only partial rations. Agencies are also providing clean water, sanitation services, healthcare, shelter materials, essentials like cooking equipment and jerry cans, and counselling services for the traumatized.

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