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<p>I am grateful for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Rights of the Rohingya's
sustained work and attention on the Rohingya crisis response. I wrote to the Co-Chair
of the Group, Anne Main MP, on 27 September in response to the report. The UK has
recently announced further funding to the crisis, bringing our total commitment to
the response in Bangladesh since August 2017 to £256 million, and making us the second
largest donor to the 2019 international Joint Response Plan.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s
latest funding to the crisis will maintain and improve protection and humanitarian
assistance provided to refugees, including through the provision of food, healthcare,
water, sanitation, care and counselling for sexual violence survivors, and protection
of vulnerable groups. Over 75,000 children and adolescents from the refugee and host
communities will have access to education and skills training and over £20 million
of new support will be provided to the thousands of already vulnerable Bangladeshi
families in Cox’s Bazar district. The UK is also one of the largest donors in Rakhine
State, Myanmar, where over 600,000 Rohingya remain in need of assistance. The UK is
committed to justice for the Rohingya, and has led international efforts on sanctions
and establishing an evidence gathering mechanism.</p>
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