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The United Kingdom is making available an additional 拢87 million for sustaining the Rohingya refugee operation in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, lifting our contribution from the start of the crisis in August 2017 to a total of 拢226 million. The additional funding will help provide food, healthcare, water, sanitation, care and counselling for sexual violence survivors, and protection for vulnerable groups.

Over 拢20 million is being made available to support development in the Cox鈥檚 Bazar district to mitigate the economic and environmental impact the Rohingya crisis is having on the local communities. We are working to ensure that the international response benefits all the district鈥檚 population.

International Development Secretary Alok Sharma said

鈥淚t is hard to truly grasp the size of the humanitarian crisis faced by the Rohingya people. More than 700,000 were forced to flee their home in the face of horrific brutality.

鈥淭he UK has worked with the Government of Bangladesh to provide lifesaving aid, including food, water and shelter, as well education and counselling as they rebuild their lives.

鈥淲omen and girls represent over half of the camp population in Bangladesh, and this new funding will provide vital support for them, such as critical reproductive health care, and a new emergency shelter for survivors of severe gender-based violence and trafficking.

鈥淭his support announced today demonstrates our continued commitment to the Rohingya people.鈥�

The new funding will help maintain the humanitarian operation in the camps and increase investment in the communities of Cox鈥檚 Bazar to help reverse the impact of the refugee presence and improve social cohesion. This will also enable the Government of Bangladesh and the international community to find longer-term solutions for the Rohingya people.

The expected results from this new funding are as follows

• Over 拢20 million new support to the thousands of already vulnerable Bangladeshi families, who now have nearly one million refugees living in their district
• Over 450,000 refugees will receive protection; including Rohingya women and girls, who have been subject to sexual violence, and children that have survived abduction and trafficking.
• Over 500,000 medical consultations will be provided through 27 primary health care and mobile clinics, along with the early warning system for disease outbreaks.
• Over 250,000 refugees and 50,000 people from the local community will receive clean water and sanitation.
• Covering the basic food needs of 100,000 refugees for a whole year, and containers to protect the food of 150,000 families.
• Providing cooking gas for over 31,000 families, so helping to stop further forest destruction.

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Robert Chatterton Dickson said

鈥淭he UK and Bangladesh have a strong and enduring partnership, which continues to deepen as Bangladesh transitions to becoming a middle-income country.

鈥淲e greatly appreciate the remarkable generosity and humanity the government and the people of Bangladesh have shown in hosting the Rohingya people.

鈥淭he overarching aim must remain finding a solution to this crisis, so that the Rohingya can voluntarily return to Myanmar in safety and dignity. The UK remains committed to ensuring that conditions are put in place to allow this to happen.

Head of DFID Bangladesh, Judith Herbertson said

鈥淪ince August 2017, UK aid from British taxpayers has contributed 拢226 million to provide life-sustaining humanitarian assistance to almost one million Rohingya people.

鈥淭his additional 拢87 million will help deliver stability and security for the Rohingya and for vulnerable local communities in Cox鈥檚 Bazar who have been affected by the crisis.

鈥淲e appreciate the enormous generosity of the Government of Bangladesh and the people of Cox鈥檚 Bazar. And we pay tribute to all those working tirelessly to support the Rohingya living in the camps.鈥�

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