Highlights August 2015
Bangladesh: IOM provided food, non-food-items, health screenings and onward transportation to 494 Bangladeshis. 204 returned under IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) Programme and 290 were repatriated with the assistance of the Government of Bangladesh. This includes 75 unaccompanied minors returning in August.
Indonesia: IOM supported Indonesian authorities with shelter support, health screenings, WASH, psycho-social assistance and food support to assist 1,114 stranded Myanmar Muslims from Rakhine State and Bangladeshis in shelters. During August 204 Banglad-eshis returned under IOM’s AVR Programme to Bangladesh
Myanmar: 284 stranded Bangladeshis in Myanmar who returned to Bangladesh. There is a remaining caseload of 97 stranded migrants in the Taung Pyo shelter. 107 Bangladeshi migrants earlier stranded in Taninthayi, Myanmar in July were transferred early September to the shelter in Taung Pyo.
Thailand: IOM has provided shelter support, non-food items, health screenings and psycho- social assistance to 870 detained Myanmar Muslims from Rakhine State and Bangladeshi migrants in Thailand. 26 detained Bangladeshis were approved for AVR assistance. It is expected that this group will return to Bangladesh mid- September.