The United Nations (UN) has praised Bangladesh and its people for aiding the helpless Rohingya refugees and conveyed its initiatives to raise funds to cover the increasing humanitarian needs. Two senior UN officials met Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday and passed on the messages, said a Foreign Ministry statement. The foreign minister said the number of forcibly displaced Rohingya exceeded 900,000 as over 500,000 Rohingyas crossed into Bangladesh in just one month. UN OCHA on Tuesday released an additional $12 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to urgently help the most vulnerable Rohingya refugees and their host communities in Bangladesh. UNICEF earlier appeals for $76.1 million to assist children in Bangladesh affected by the Rohingya crisis to cover the immediate needs of newly-arrived Rohingya children, as well as those who arrived before the recent influx, and children from vulnerable host communities — 720,000 children in all.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 04, 2017 20:03 UTC