The European Commission on 23rd December said it is releasing a further €10 million in humanitarian aid to address the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
This comes on top of the €33 million funding already announced earlier 2019.
The Commission said in a statement that this aid aims to ensure life-saving assistance to refugees, displaced people and host communities across Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine State and the border district of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.
“The EU’s support has helped save countless lives over the last two years since the crisis began, but cannot stop now as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya rely on humanitarian aid to survive,” said Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič.
Today’s additional funding is another clear sign that the EU remains committed to stand by the side of the Rohingya for as long as it takes, the commission said.
The additional funding will focus on providing quality health care and help address the undernutrition for the one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, after living conditions further deteriorated over the last months.
It will also provide food nutrition and protection for all displaced people living in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where the humanitarian situation has further deteriorated this year due to the escalation of violence in the region.
