British aid for Rohingyas

The UK government's Department for International Development in collaboration with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has organised a major airlift of relief items to help some of the more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar, reports UNB.

There are massive shelter and site management needs across the Cox's Bazar area which reflects the scale of the crisis. DfID is working in close partnership with IOM, humanitarian agencies, the international community and the government of Bangladesh to urgently address these needs.

The provision, by the British government, of 10,000 shelter kits, 10,500 sleeping mats and 20,000 blankets will help improve the lives of thousands of people who are living in makeshift around Kutupalong and Balukhali, said the British High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday. Distribution of this aid began on Wednesday through our partner IOM and will continue over the course of the next week.