? 22 October 2020 ? 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM Geneva, Switzerland (CEST)
Virtual
Nearly one million Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers from Myanmar are registered in Asia. Bangladesh has registered 860,000. In Malaysia, there are 102,000 registered, and in India 18,000. There are also some 600,000 Rohingya currently residing in Rakhine State, Myanmar, of whom 140,000 are internally displaced.
Since 2017, USD 2.2 billion has been raised for the humanitarian response for Rohingya in Bangladesh alone, not including USD 700 million in development commitments from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. Without sustainable solutions for the Rohingya, their situation may well continue as one of protracted displacement.
To advance solutions for the Rohingya, and so that they can meanwhile live in dignity wherever they are, a focus on more sustainable response planning and financing is needed, in particular in the following four areas:
- Addressing the root causes
- Maintaining humanitarian assistance
- Expanding opportunities
- Investing in host communities
Together with the United States, United Kingdom, and the European Union, UNHCR will co-host a virtual donor conference to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of forcibly displaced Rohingya both inside and outside Myanmar.
Funds raised at the conference will go to international organisations and non-governmental organisations working to alleviate the crisis on the ground in Myanmar, throughout the region, and towards the UN-led Joint Response Plan (JRP) in Bangladesh.
Original source: Rohingya Conference
