Attachments
SITUATION AT A GLANCE
3 MILLION People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Burma
UN – July 2021
191,100 People Who Remain Displaced by Insecurity Since February in Burma
UNHCR – August 2021
126,000 IDPs—Originally Displaced in 2012—in Burma’s Rakhine IDP Sites
UN – June 2021
1.4 MILLION People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar
UN – May 2021
889,704 Refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar
UNHCR – June 2021
• Insecurity and violence across Burma continue to drive displacement and compound humanitarian needs. The UN estimates 3 million people require humanitarian assistance in Burma as of July.
• U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda ThomasGreenfield announces an additional $50 million in humanitarian funding for Burma.
• Bangladesh launches a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Cox’s Bazar District, and the USG donates 5.5 million vaccines to the country in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
• Monsoon flooding in late July and early August affects more than 48,000 people in Burma and 71,000 people in Bangladesh.