The United Nations(UN) announced Monday that it and its allies are looking for over $1 billion to give 1.5 million Rohingya refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh life-saving assistance this year. In light of “dwindling financial resources and competing global crises,” the UN announced that it and more than 100 partners were launching a 2025–2026 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya catastrophe.
It might, it added, “force many to resort to desperate measures, such as embarking on dangerous boat journeys to seek safety.” Over half of the refugees in the camps are women and girls, according to the UN, “who face a higher risk of gender-based violence and exploitation.”
A third of the refugees are between the ages of 10 and 24.. It also noted and it issued a warning that “without access to formal education, adequate skills building, and self-reliance opportunities, their futures remain on hold.” “The international community must keep providing life-saving aid to refugees in the camps until the situation in Rakhine State, Myanmar, is peaceful and favorable for their voluntary and safe return.”
