UNHCR is working with Bangladesh authorities on a transit centre to prepare for a potential refugee influx in the coming days. This comes after a sudden increase in people arriving from Myanmar since Monday, reports a press release by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards from the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Border Guard Bangladesh say that more than 11,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed by land on Monday into south-eastern Bangladesh via several points. UNHCR sources say that many of the new refugees have come from the Buthidaung area in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state. UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards said that they also coordinating with the government and partners to provide urgent services – food, water and healthcare – to the new refugees.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 10, 2017 10:18 UTC