US announces over $120m fresh fund for Rohingya

The United States urged Myanmar on Wednesday to create the conditions that would allow for voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable returns, based on the informed consent of those who have been forcibly displaced.
In a statement issued to announce over 120 million dollar fresh assistance for the Rohingyas, the US State Department also called upon Myanmar government to work with the Government of Bangladesh to facilitate the use of the Burmese curriculum to teach Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
This will help facilitate the reintegration of Rohingya youths who choose to return to Myanmar, it said.
The United States announced more than $127 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh and internally displaced Rohingyas and members of other affected communities in Myanmar.
This funding will help address the emergency needs of some of the more than 900,000 refugees in Bangladesh, many of whom are Rohingya women and children from Rakhine State, Myanmar, as well as the related needs of Bangladeshi host communities, says the US statement.
This funding will also provide life-saving assistance to internally displaced persons, including Rohingyas, and members of other affected communities in Burma, including those affected by the fighting between the Burmese military and the Arakan Army.
The US remains the leading contributor to the humanitarian response to this crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh, providing more than $669 million since the outbreak of violence in August 2017.
The US cannot meet the crisis' tremendous funding needs alone. "We welcome the contributions that some member states have made to this humanitarian response in recent months, and we call on other countries and stakeholders to do the same," the statement said.

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