Donors pledge $340 mln for Rohingya crisis: UN refugee agency
A Rohingya refugee woman carries her child after a massive fire broke out two days ago in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 24, 2021. REUTERS.
An appeal for nearly $1 billion to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is more than a third funded, the head of the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Filippo Grandi told a UN briefing in Geneva that donors had so far pledged $340 million for the 2021 programme, meaning it is currently 36% funded, he said.
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