320,000 people were reported to have been evacuated to emergency shelters by 9 November following the widening of the evacuation zone the previous week. Many children remained separated from their parents due to the chaos surrounding the mass exodus of refugees fleeing from the mountain slopes and the refugees were living in cramped temporary shelters after being ordered to evacuate from a 20-kilometre danger zone around Mount Merapi. We are concerned about children who are yet to be united with their parents, said Makbul Mubarak, a coordinator for volunteers who are trying to reunite separated families.