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Refugees on Bhasan Char

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Operational Overview
Bangladesh generously hosts close to one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, making it one of the largest protracted refugee situations in the world. Following the influx in 2017, the humanitarian community closely worked with the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) to respond to the humanitarian needs caused by the large-scale displacement. Rohingya refugees are hosted in 33 highly congested camps in Cox’ s Bazar District. Since 2021, some 30,000 refugees relocated to Bhasan Char, an island in Noakhali district, as part of a project designed by the Government of Bangladesh to decongest the camps. Bangladesh is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Statelessness Conventions but has ratified the main human rights instruments. There is no national legislation in Bangladesh specifically governing the administration of refugee and asylum affairs. The Government manages the Rohingya refugee response through directives, letters and administrative instruments.
Rohingya Population - Top 10 Camps JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Camp 13 UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  11.7%
44,898
Camp 26 UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  11.1%
42,759
Camp 1E UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  10.8%
41,519
Camp 7 UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  10.4%
40,094
Camp 1W UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  10.3%
39,656
Camp 3 UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  9.8%
37,684
Camp 9 UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  9.2%
35,417
Camp 14 UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  9.1%
35,082
Camp 4 UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  8.9%
34,168
Camp 8W UNHCR, Government 31 May 2023
  8.6%
33,219

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Total Rohingya Refugees JSON 
962,416
Last updated 31 Jul 2023
Source - UNHCR, Government of Bangladesh 
Refugee Population in Cox's Bazar JSON 
931,960
Last updated 31 Jul 2023
Source - UNHCR, Government of Bangladesh 
Refugee Population in Bhasan Char JSON 
30,456
Last updated 31 Jul 2023
Source - UNHCR, Government of Bangladesh 
Bangladesh Funding (2023)
$275,000,000
Total appeal
Date of Funding Data 20 July 2023 (9 months ago)

  Bangladesh Microdata

UNHCR's Microdata Library contains microdata on persons of concern to UNHCR including refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people (IDPs), stateless people and others. Microdata are unit-level data collected through census, registration/administrative exercises and surveys. All datasets include comprehensive metadata and supporting documents such as survey questionnaires and analytical reports.
  • Results Monitoring Survey (Bhasan Char Needs Assessment) 2023

    Bangladesh, 2023   MicroData View details | Get Microdata | 3 |
    Authoring Entity: UNHCR
    Published: 05 April 2024
  • WASH Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices survey - 2023

    Bangladesh, 2023   MicroData View details | Get Microdata | 0 |
    Authoring Entity: UNHCR
    Published: 05 April 2024
  • Post-Distribution Monitoring of Shelter and Non-food items, 2023

    Bangladesh, 2023   MicroData View details | Get Microdata | 0 |
    Authoring Entity: UNHCR
    Published: 02 October 2023
  • Joint Protection Monitoring - Q2 2023

    Bangladesh, 2023   MicroData View details | Get Microdata | 0 |
    Authoring Entity: UNHCR, IOM, IRC, DRC, OXFAM, HI
    Published: 28 December 2023
  • Joint Protection Monitoring - Q1 2023

    Bangladesh, 2023   MicroData View details | Get Microdata | 0 |
    Authoring Entity: UNHCR, IOM, IRC, DRC, OXFAM, HI
    Published: 28 December 2023


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