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VOA NewsMay 18, 2021
FILE - Rohingya refugees walk in the market area inside a refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, April 6, 2021.The United States says it is providing new assistance to Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, many of whom have fled violence for neighboring Bangladesh or have been internally displaced.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees fled violence and persecution in Myanmar in 2017.
The $155 million in additional funds will be used to sustain “critical efforts to support Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh and internally displaced Rohingya and other affected people in Burma.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a press release.
“Our assistance will help meet the immediate needs of the nearly 900,000 refugees in Bangladesh who fled from horrific violence in Burma’s Rakhine State, including women and children,” Blinken said.