Highlights - Bangladesh: IOM provided return assistance to 39 Bangladeshis returning in five batches in April. Facilitated by IOM, 38 of them returned from Thailand and one from Indonesia. There were no minors among these returnees. To date, IOM has provided return assistance to 2,646 Bangladeshis. - Indonesia: As of 30 April, there are a total of 285 migrants (four Bangladeshis and 281 Myanmar Muslims from Rakhine State) throughout five shelters in Aceh and North Sumatera. The remaining Bangladeshis stay in Medan shelter. Since May 2015, IOM Indonesia has assisted 764 Bangladeshi migrants to return to their country under IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) Programme. - Thailand: IOM continues to provide humanitarian assistance to 372 Myanmar Muslims from Rakhine State and 19 Bangladeshi migrants in seven Immigration Detention Centres and ten Shelters in Thailand. Female migrants and children represent 58% of the whole population. In April, 38 Bangladeshi migrants returned home safely under IOM’s AVR Programme.
Situation Overview
- At least 5,543 persons who departed from Myanmar and Bangladesh managed to disembark in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, between 10 May and 30 July 2015. Embarkation recommenced on 20 September and at least 1,500 persons departed from Myanmar and Bangladesh from September to December 2015.
- 1,132 stranded Myanmar Muslims from Rakhine State and Bangladeshis remain in shelters and Immigration Detention Centres in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. IOM continues to provide shelter support, non-food items, health screenings, WASH support and psychosocial support.
- 2,646 Bangladeshis who disembarked after 10 May in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand returned to Bangladesh under IOM’s AVR Programme and Government agreements.