UN Launches Response Plan to Safeguard Well-Being, Dignity of Rohingya Refugees

Dhaka: Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, the Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a $943 million plan on Tuesday to safeguard the well-being and dignity of Rohingya refugees in the country and their host communities. 
 
According to UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic, the 2021 Joint Response Plan joins Bangladesh with 134 UN agencies and NGO partners to meet the needs of more than 880,000 Rohingya refugees and 472,000 Bangladeshis in the surrounding host communities in Cox’s Bazar District. 
 
"Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, we will continue to work closely with our partners and uphold our commitment to safeguard the well-being and dignity of both Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and their host communities," said IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino. 

"At the same time, the international community must continue to advocate for sustainable solutions in Myanmar that would eventually facilitate what all Rohingya refugees have consistently voiced as their main concern — to return home," he added. 
 
For the nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, 2021 marks the fourth year since their mass displacement from Myanmar, which was preceded by decades of influxes triggered by systematic discrimination and targeted violence.  
 
Although Bangladesh and the international community have been providing immediate life-saving assistance, complex challenges continue to emerge, such as the covid-19 pandemic, which has compounded vulnerabilities for refugees and host communities alike.  
 
Although the trajectory of the virus remains unpredictable, Bangladesh, with the support of the humanitarian community, has effectively managed the covid-19 response and the spread of the disease in the large Rohingya camps and surrounding areas. 
 
New layers of complexity include the ongoing crisis and political instability across the nearby Myanmar border. 
 
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