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STORY: GENEVA / ROHINGYA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
TRT: 02:57
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 OCTOBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
RECENT - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
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20 OCTOBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joel Millmann, Spokesperson, International Organisation for Migration (IOM):
“As of late yesterday, 6,900, almost 7,000, Rohingya refugees who were stranded in dire conditions in no-man’s land at Anjuman Para on Bangladesh’s side of the border, were moved by the Bangladesh military Thursday to several makeshift settlements in the Ukhia and Teknaf sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar. We believe 800,000 Rohingya now are now living in the settlements. We understand the latest number is 589,000 of whom have arrived since August 25th.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Duniya Aslam Khan, Spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“UNHCR and its partners continue to work with Bangladeshi authorities on the new Kutupalong extension site. Site planning and development are underway to allow new refugees to move in as different zones within the new sites are readied. Tube wells and latrines are being installed to give the new refugees access to clean water and sanitation facilities”.
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Duniya Aslam Khan, Spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“The most vulnerable among the new arrivals are bussed from the border to a transit centre near Kutupalong camp. At the centre, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and our partners are providing food, water, medical checks and temporary shelters”.
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Duniya Aslam Khan, Spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“The situation is very fluid and the flow of new arrivals hasn’t stopped yet. So, it’s been two months, estimated 589, 000 people are already there, but new refugees are arriving. That’s why it has become the biggest refugee crisis of recent years. A lot has been done, but the needs are enormous on the ground. We have flown in eight airlifts with 800 metric tons of supplies, our ninth airlift is coming from Lahore to Dhaka on Monday; and we are also now sending supplies through sea which will take place on 25th October. These items basically are shelter material, material to construct more latrines, and technical assistance for Bangladeshi authorities”.
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Duniya Aslam Khan, Spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“It is not that we are not responding to the needs of people, it is just the scale and the speed of this whole crisis is just so unprecedented. That is why we are now going into this pledging conference to ask for more support”.
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said thousands of Rohingya refugees coming from Myanmar were moved last night in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district after having spent up to four days stranded near the border.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva today (20 Oct), IOM spokesperson Joel Millmann said almost 7,000 Rohingya refugees “who were stranded in dire conditions in no-man’s land at Anjuman Para on Bangladesh’s side of the border” were moved by the Bangladesh military to several makeshift settlements in the Ukhia and Teknaf sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar. He said IOM believes 800,000 Rohingya are now living in the settlements, “589,000 of whom have arrived since August 25th.”
UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Duniya Aslam Khan said thousands more are expected be on their way from Myanmar. She said the most vulnerable among the new arrivals are being bussed from the border to a transit centre near Kutupalong camp where UNHCR and its partners are providing food, water, medical checks, and temporary shelters. She added that other new arrivals walk to Kutupalong refugee camp, where they spend the night in existing structures and buildings in the camp. Khan said UNHCR and its partners are working with Bangladeshi authorities on the new Kutupalong extension site adding that site planning and development are underway to allow new refugees “to move in as different zones within the new sites are readied.”
The UNHCR spokesperson said the situation “is very fluid” as the flow of new arrivals has not stopped. She said this is why “it has become the biggest refugee crisis of recent years” and the needs “are enormous on the ground.” She noted that UNHCR has flown in eight airlifts with 800 metric tons of supplies, and a ninth airlift is coming from Lahore to Dhaka on Monday.
In response to a question on the current emergency response, Khan said, “It is not that we are not responding to the needs of people, it is just the scale and the speed of this whole crisis is just so unprecedented. That is why we are now going into this pledging conference to ask for more support”.
Ahead of an international pledging conference on 23 October in Geneva, UNHCR is urging donors to respond urgently to the requirements of the updated Bangladesh Humanitarian Response Plan released by the UN and humanitarian agencies. The joint response plan requires 434 million USD.
