Staff Reporter :
The United Kingdom on Wednesday pledged further £30 million support for the Rohingyas to help victims of sexual violence with food, health care, sanitation and counseling.
During a visit to Bangladesh last week, UK Government’s International Development Minister Baroness Sugg announced the aid support, apart from the UK’s recent pledge of £87 million to address the Rohingya crisis.
The latest announcement of an additional humanitarian support will help save hundreds of thousands of persecuted Rohingya people who fled neighbouring Myanmar.
Baroness Sugg paid tributes to all those working tirelessly to support the Rohingyas living in camps when she visited Cox’s Bazar, said the British High Commission in Dhaka on Wednesday.
International Development Minister Sugg said the scale of the crisis facing the Rohingya people is huge. “The government and people of Bangladesh have shown great generosity and humanity in hosting the Rohingyas and I am proud that the UK continues to stand with them.”
She visited a Rohingya registration centre to witness how registration helps safeguard the Rohingyas’ right to voluntarily return to Myanmar. “It also improves the accuracy of data so authorities and humanitarian partners can better understand the refugees’ needs.”
The visit took place after the United Kingdom made available an additional £87 million contribution for the crisis, with over £20 million to support economic development and mitigate the environmental impact in the wider Cox’s Bazar district.
This brings the UK’s contribution from the start of the crisis in August 2017 to a total of £256 million.
Baroness Sugg met Planning Minister M Abdul Mannan, MP. Their discussion covered a range of issues of shared interest, including climate change and Bangladesh’s transition to middle-income country status by 2024.
The United Kingdom on Wednesday pledged further £30 million support for the Rohingyas to help victims of sexual violence with food, health care, sanitation and counseling.
During a visit to Bangladesh last week, UK Government’s International Development Minister Baroness Sugg announced the aid support, apart from the UK’s recent pledge of £87 million to address the Rohingya crisis.
The latest announcement of an additional humanitarian support will help save hundreds of thousands of persecuted Rohingya people who fled neighbouring Myanmar.
Baroness Sugg paid tributes to all those working tirelessly to support the Rohingyas living in camps when she visited Cox’s Bazar, said the British High Commission in Dhaka on Wednesday.
International Development Minister Sugg said the scale of the crisis facing the Rohingya people is huge. “The government and people of Bangladesh have shown great generosity and humanity in hosting the Rohingyas and I am proud that the UK continues to stand with them.”
She visited a Rohingya registration centre to witness how registration helps safeguard the Rohingyas’ right to voluntarily return to Myanmar. “It also improves the accuracy of data so authorities and humanitarian partners can better understand the refugees’ needs.”
The visit took place after the United Kingdom made available an additional £87 million contribution for the crisis, with over £20 million to support economic development and mitigate the environmental impact in the wider Cox’s Bazar district.
This brings the UK’s contribution from the start of the crisis in August 2017 to a total of £256 million.
Baroness Sugg met Planning Minister M Abdul Mannan, MP. Their discussion covered a range of issues of shared interest, including climate change and Bangladesh’s transition to middle-income country status by 2024.
