EU Adopts New Programme to Support Rohingya in Bangladesh

Brussels, MINA – The European Union (EU) adopted Monday a new 5 million euro (USD 6.1 million) programme to support the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

The new initiative aims at supporting the identification and registration of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, at facilitating the provision of humanitarian support, as well as at ensuring the better protection of particularly vulnerable individuals, KUNA reported, quoting the EU’s executive body in a press release.

The EU initiative aims to support the implementation of the bilateral repatriation agreement between the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh, which was signed on 23 November 2017.

This programme will build on ongoing identification and registration efforts, including biometric registration by the Bangladeshi government, it said.

During her visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on 19 November 2017, the EU High Representative, Federica Mogherini, reiterated the European Union’s support to the Bangladeshi authorities for receiving those who have fled Northern Rakhine State. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)