Japan to give $32.5m for Rohingyas

The Daily Star

February 26, 2019

In this AFP file photo taken on November 26, 2017, Rohingya refugees walk down a hillside in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

 

Japan has decided to give US $32.5 million for the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh due to persecution in Myanmar.

Japanese government took the decision for additional support to the refugees on February 7, said a press release of Japan embassy in Dhaka.

The aid will be given through international agencies UNHCR, UNFPA, IOM, Unicef, FAO, UNWomen, WFP, WHO, ICRC, FPE and MSF.

Japan says it has contributed a total of US $82.7 million so far to support the refugees since influx into Bangladesh in August 2017.

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