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Written question asked by David Ward (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 5 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Desmond Swayne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Burma: Rohingya

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Rohingya people from Burma who have fled to Bangladesh since 2012; and what assistance the Government is providing to those people.

Answer

Whilst there is no officially agreed number of the Rohingya population, most international agencies estimate that there is up to 500,000 Rohingya people in Bangladesh.

DFID provides core contributions to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which manages the official camps for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as well as through other partners such as the European Commission. This support includes providing shelter, access to water and sanitation, vocational training and food supplies to malnourished refugees.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
226550
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Asylum Ethnic groups Myanmar Bangladesh Rohingya
Link
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