BANGLADESH / ROHINGYA HUMANITARIAN

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock visited the Balukhali makeshift settlement camp, in Bangladesh, where Rohingya refugees have arrived in massive numbers in recent days. OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:46
• Production Date: 2 October 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MARK LOWCOCK
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: BANGLADESH; MYANMAR
• MAMS Id: 1985620
• Parent Id: 1985620
• Alternate Title: unifeed171002f

Description

STORY: BANGLADESH / ROHINGYA HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 02:46
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 02 OCTOBER, BALUKHALI MAKESHIFT SETTLEMENT CAMP FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES, BANGLADESH

Shotlist

1. Pan right, from girl to camp
2. Tracking shot, Mark Lowcock walking through camp
3. Tracking shot, Lowcock walking through camp
4. Med shot, Lowcock speaking to humanitarian staff
5. Med shot, Lowcock speaking to Rohingya refugees
6. Wide shot, Rohingya refugees walking
7. Med shot, child
8. Close up, elderly woman
9. Close up, children
10. Med shot, men waiting for distribution

Storyline

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today (02 Oct) visited the Balukhali makeshift settlement camp, in Bangladesh, where for Rohingya refugees have arrived in massive numbers in recent days.

Lowcock is on a three-day mission in Bangladesh, during which he will also visit Cox’s Bazar. The purpose of the joint mission is to see, first-hand, the devastating humanitarian situation of the Rohingya refugees.

Since late August, more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees, among them 60 per cent children, have arrived in Cox’s Bazar alone, marking the largest mass refugee movement in the region in decades.

In Bangladesh, the total number of Rohingya refugees is now estimated to be well over 700,000 people.

The scale of the emergency has far surpassed initial projections.

The initial response plan, launched on 7 September, sought US$77 million to assist 300,000 people. As of 29 September, the plan has received $36.4 million, or 47 per cent, of the funding requirements for the coordinated response.

Humanitarian partners are now revising the initial plan to account for the massive additional needs.