Essential aid for Rohingya needs more funds: UN

Reuters

Geneva, Updated At : 02:00 AM Jul 12, 2025 IST

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Essential services for the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh are at risk of collapsing unless more money is found, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, with its appeal for $255 million to support them just 35% funded.

More than 1 million Rohingya have been crammed into camps in southeastern Bangladesh. Funding cuts by the West have roiled the aid sector. Health services would be severely disrupted by September, and by December food assistance would stop, UNHCR said.

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