Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- The eight-year delay in Rohingya repatriation has worsened the funding crisis, placing heavy pressure on host communities with no sign of the situation ending.
Amid this situation, the Netherlands has announced €500,000 (about US$540,000) in aid to UNHCR for protection and humanitarian relief for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
The Dutch Embassy in Dhaka says the funds are meant to support food, shelter, healthcare and protection services for those who fled Myanmar.
The Rohingya crisis is worsening rather than easing as repatriation efforts have made almost no progress since August 2017.
Conditions in Rakhine State remain unsafe and the international bodies have said that the Rohingya repatriation is difficult ...