Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

An estimated 626,000 refugees have fled violence in Myanmar’s
North Rakhine State for the relative safety of the vast refugee settlements that now cover the Cox’s Bazar district of southern Bangladesh

Total estimated new arrivals from Myanmar (thousands)
Aug 25: Influx starts. 212,000 refugees already in Bangladesh
Dec 2: 626,000
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0    25 8 9 122729 2 3 6 9 1114162029 2 121518202427 2
     AUG    SEP           OCT               NOV    DEC

582,000
480,000

1.2 million Refugees expected in Cox’s Bazar by February 2018


Sources: IOM, Inter Sector Coordination Group Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS