Md Abdur Rahim from New York
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the UN Migration Agency (IOM) and their partners launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis. The appeal seeks to raise $920 million to meet the needs of more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and over 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in host communities.
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said this at noon briefing held at UN headquarter on Friday.
Critical services such as food, water, sanitation and shelter represent more than half of the funding needs this year. Other key sectors of the appeal include health, site management, protection activities, education and nutrition.
More than 745,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Bangladesh since August 2017, escaping violence in Myanmar and joining roughly 200,000 others already displaced in the Cox’s Bazar area by previous cycles of violence. More information on the appeal is available online.
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