Japan to provide $32.5m more for Rohingyas, host communities

The government of Japan has decided to provide approximately $32.5 million as additional new money to support Rohingyas and host communities in Cox's Bazar, reports UNB.

Since the massive influx of Rohingyas into Bangladesh in August 2017, the government of Japan had granted approximately $50.2 million to international organisations.

With this additional support, the total amount of assistance has reached approximately $82.7 million, said the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The government of Japan will extend the humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas and host communities in Cox's Bazar through site management of camps, providing food, shelter, medical services and trainings, and wash facilities and forest regeneration through a number of international organisations.

These are the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWomen), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, also known in English as Doctors Without Borders).