More than 136,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh in the past 10 months amid renewed violence and persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, according to a UNHCR report released on Wednesday.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said, between December 2024 and October 2025, a total of 136,640 Rohingya fled across the border seeking safety. The figure stood at 133,651 by the end of September, indicating a continuing influx of new arrivals.
The report notes that Bangladesh is now hosting 1,168,398 registered Rohingyas across camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.
UNHCR said the new wave of displacement follows a sharp rise in armed conflict and human rights abuses in Rakhine since early 2024, leaving thousands dead and forcing many to flee.
“Many of those arriving now have lived through multiple cycles of displacement,” the report states, pointing out that some Rohingyas were first uprooted during the 1990 and 2017 bouts of violence.
The latest influx began in late 2024, with the biometric registration of new arrivals currently underway. UNHCR’s data shows that 78 per cent of the newly arrived Rohingyas are women and children, while around 12 per cent include people with disabilities, single parents, critically ill individuals, unaccompanied minors, and vulnerable elderly persons.
Overall, 52 per cent of the Rohingya population in Bangladesh are women and 48 per cent men, according to the agency.
Humanitarian agencies have warned that the growing Rohingya population is straining already limited resources in the camps, calling for renewed international attention and support to address the worsening crisis.
