152,029 more Rohingyas listed from Dec ’24 to May ’26 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the number of newly arrived registered Rohingyas in Bangladesh stood at 152,029 from December 2024 to May 31 this year.

UNHCR said 1,197,411 Rohingyas have been identified in the camps.

Of them, 2,260 were registered as new arrivals last month. The total stood at 149,769 in March.

The agency said thousands of people have been killed since 2024 due to targeted violence and persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, forcing Rohingya to seek safety in Bangladesh.

As of May 31, UNHCR had registered 1,045,382 Rohingya who were displaced from Myanmar since 1990 and 2017.

Of them, 39,737 came after 1990 and 1,005,645 arrived after 2017.

The report said new refugees have continued to seek safety in Bangladesh since 2024 because of escalating conflict in Rakhine State. As a result, a new wave of arrivals was identified in the camps at the end of 2024, and biometric identification is underway.