UN seeking more than $850m for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Al Jazeera
Bangladesh hosts more than a million Rohingya people, many of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar.
The United Nations is calling for more donations for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh.
In its annual response plan to the crisis, the UN appealed for $852.4m to provide food and other aid to the mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees and their host communities.
Bangladesh has taken in more than a million members of the mostly stateless minority, many of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar, where conflict continues to escalate.
About 95 percent of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh remain dependent on humanitarian assistance, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement on Wednesday.
“International solidarity with Bangladesh and refugee protection is needed more than ever as the conflict in Myanmar escalates,” it said.
