Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration...(16 October 2017, Geneva/New York): After violence broke out in Myanmar?s Rakhine state on 25 August, more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh in less than five weeks. Tens of thousands of refugees have arrived since, fleeing discrimination, violence and persecution, as well as isolation and fear. The speed and scale of the influx made it the world?s fastest growing refugee crisis and a major humanitarian emergency. The Government of Bangladesh, local charities and volunteers, the UN and NGOs are working in overdrive to provide assistance. But much more is urgently needed. The efforts must be scaled up and expanded to receive and protect refugees and ensure they are provided with basic shelter and acceptable living conditions. Every day more vulnerable people arrive with very little — if anything ? and settle either in overcrowded existing camps or extremely congested makeshift sites..." UN Principals call for solidarity with Rohingya refugees