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<p>The British Government remains fully committed to supporting Rohingya refugees
and the Government of Bangladesh, which is hosting close to one million refugees.
In August, the Minister for South Asia wrote to Bangladeshi State Minister for Foreign
Affairs Shahriar Alam. He welcomed the Government of Bangladesh’s continued commitment
that any returns must be safe, voluntary, dignified and in accordance with international
humanitarian principles.</p><p>The UK remains deeply concerned at the plight of the
Rohingya. In recent weeks we have announced an additional £117 million funding to
help provide food, healthcare, water and sanitation, care and counselling for sexual
violence survivors and protection for vulnerable groups, and education in the camps.
This will lift our total contribution from the start of the crisis in August 2017
to £256 million. The UK remains one of the leading bilateral donors to the humanitarian
crisis.</p><p></p>
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