UK to provide lifesaving assistance to over 500,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

UK will provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to over 500,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. 

Funding will provide food, shelter, clean water and other life-saving services to refugees and host communities, delivered through trusted partners on the ground, reads a press release. 

Over a million Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar to Bangladesh.

The UK will provide food, shelter, clean water, and other life-saving services to half a million Rohingya refugees displaced from Myanmar by conflict and persecution, the foreign secretary has announced today.

It will also provide sexual and reproductive health services to 175,000 women and girls and support survivors of sexual, physical and mental harm.

The announcement comes ahead of the UN convening a high-level conference on the plight of the Rohingya and other minority groups in Myanmar today (1 October).

The £27 million aid package will be delivered through established partners on the ground, ensuring that it reaches those who need it most. 

Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper said, "This new UK aid will deliver essential food, shelter, clean water, and other life-saving services to half a million Rohingya people in Bangladesh and also help support Bangladeshi host communities.

"The UK will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that those displaced by violence have the support, protection, dignity, and opportunities they deserve."

This renewed commitment to Rohingya refugees underscores the UK's leadership in global humanitarian response and its focus on building global security and economic recovery – in line with the Government's Plan for Change to respond to global challenges with purpose.

With this additional funding, it has now provided over £447 million since 2017, and will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that those displaced by violence receive the protection, dignity, and opportunities they deserve.