The map below of northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, shows the main places of origin of refugees who arrived
in Bangladesh after October 2016, as reported in protection interviews.
New refugee arrivals in Bangladesh have also faced a variety of protection concerns inside Bangladesh. The
absence of a protection-sensitive refugee registration process puts them in a precarious protection situation
in which they remain highly mobile, seeking shelter wherever they can ind it. Basic shelter and nutrition is
lacking, and an outbreak of measles and acute watery diarrhea have been reported in settlements where new
refugee arrivals have taken shelter.
Continued movements to India
Among Rohingya registered with UNHCR in India, over 1,000 said they arrived in India in 2016, having travelled
from Myanmar overland through Bangladesh. Hundreds more who are expected to register with UNHCR in
India in 2017 are likely to have also arrived in 2016.
The movements to India in 2016 continued a steady low of Rohingya into India in recent years. Since 2012, at
least 13,000 Rohingya have entered India, virtually all via Bangladesh. Based on UNHCR interviews, Rohingya
in India travelled in family units about 30% larger than Rohingya who travelled to Malaysia, and came to India
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