Myanmar
Wednesday, 18 Oct 2023
“This is a crisis that should not be forgotten ... If contributions decline, we are in trouble.”
In need of help: Grandi says that without a substantial cash injection, more Rohingya refugees languishing for years in Bangladesh might undertake potentially deadly sea journeys and the camps will be unprepared for upcoming cyclones. — AFP
The Rohingya crisis had only 42% of the US$875.9mil (RM4bil) funding needed this year, he said.
Budget cuts have forced the UN World Food Programme to steeply reduce humanitarian aid to the Rohingya camps this year, with rations now US$8 (RM37.80) per refugee, per month.
Malnutrition in the sprawling camps is already rampant, rights groups say.
Grandi said repatriation to Myanmar was still “Plan A”, even as he acknowledged many Rohingya were still afraid to return to the country where they are widely viewed as interlopers from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh and Myanmar are working on a pilot programme to begin repatriating a limited number of Rohingya, despite concerns from rights groups who say conditions are not safe for their return.
Rohingya in Myanmar are denied citizenship and access to healthcare and require permission to travel outside of their townships.
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing – who was head of the army during the crackdown – has dismissed the term Rohingya as “imaginary”.
“Plan B is the status quo, people continue to be in host countries ... but this is not sustainable in the long term,” Grandi said. — AFP
Malnutrition in the sprawling camps is already rampant, rights groups say.
Grandi said repatriation to Myanmar was still “Plan A”, even as he acknowledged many Rohingya were still afraid to return to the country where they are widely viewed as interlopers from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh and Myanmar are working on a pilot programme to begin repatriating a limited number of Rohingya, despite concerns from rights groups who say conditions are not safe for their return.
Rohingya in Myanmar are denied citizenship and access to healthcare and require permission to travel outside of their townships.
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing – who was head of the army during the crackdown – has dismissed the term Rohingya as “imaginary”.
“Plan B is the status quo, people continue to be in host countries ... but this is not sustainable in the long term,” Grandi said. — AFP
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