UK announces more £4.5m to tackle Rohingya crisis

DHAKA, 12 December 2022, (TON): The United Kingdom has announced an additional 4.5 million British Pounds funding to address the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh.

The UK is lifting its funding from the start of the crisis in August 2017 to a total of £345 million, a press release issued by the British High Commission Dhaka said.

In this connection, the British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson said, "The UK remains committed to supporting Rohingya refugees and their host communities in Bangladesh."

Dickson said "the UK continues to push for a long-term solution that will enable the Rohingya to return to Myanmar on a safe, voluntary and dignified basis, when the conditions there allow."

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