www.ifrc.org Saving lives, changing minds. A critical and complex humanitarian emergency is unfolding in Bangladesh, which is hosting more than 730,000 people who have been displaced from Rakhine State in Myanmar. These displaced people – mostly women and children – are almost entirely dependent on humanitarian aid for survival. The majority are living in makeshift settlements in terrible conditions. Basic services that were available to the previously displaced communities and the host community are under severe strain. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is appealing for 33,516,627 Swiss francs to allow the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and its partners to support 200,000 of the most vulnerable people who have fled Rakhine. Bangladesh Population movement Snapshot Since 25 August 2017, violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has caused a massive displacement of more than 537,000 persons across the border into Bangladesh, mostly to Cox’s Bazar District with smaller numbers in Bandarban District. Most of the new arrivals are wom- en and children. These newly displaced persons have joined more than 210,000 people from Rakhine who had been sheltering in Bangladesh for months, years and in some cases, decades. There are now more than 730,000 displaced persons from Rakhine in the south of Bangladesh. Bay of Bengal Angutia Char South Hatia Island Kutubdia Island Maiskhal Island Dakhin Shahbazpur Island Rabnabad Islands Karnafuli Res. Pad ma G a n ges Garai J a m u n a Bangali T ista A t r a i Brahmaputra Kaln i Bibiyana R a i m a n g al K a n g a Ha r i n g h a t B oin u Logtak K a l a d a n Pi Mi Tisla H u gli M a tl a Khri Kapili D h ale s w art Brahmaputra RAJSHAHI DHAKA SYLHET CHITTAGONG KHULNA IFRC Appeal This Emergency Appeal will ensure immediate assistance as well as medium and longer-term measures to build community safety, dig- nity and resilience for the displaced people and their host communi- ties. It also includes contingency planning for an expected continued influx of persons from Rakhine, future cyclone seasons, and disease prevention. 33,516,627 Swiss francs needed 200,000 people in desperate need of help 24,006,582 Swiss francs funding gap October 24, 2017