The UN and its partners today appealed for more than €860 million to provide life-saving assistance to an estimated 1.5 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and the host country.
The United Nations and more than 100 partners have launched a Joint Response Plan 2025-26 to address the critical Rohingya refugee crisis and are calling for “US$934.5 million (€862 million) in its first year to reach approximately 1.48 million people, including Rohingya refugees and host communities,” according to a joint statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
About one million members of this persecuted, predominantly Muslim minority in Myanmar (formerly Burma) live in refugee camps in Bangladesh in unsanitary conditions and depend entirely on humanitarian assistance for their survival.
Most Rohingya refugees arrived in Bangladesh after fleeing a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar.
“The Rohingya humanitarian crisis, now in its eighth year, continues to be largely ignored around the world, but the needs remain urgent,” the statement said.
The UN warns that the lack of funds will further reduce food rations and make access to basic goods even more difficult, with “disastrous consequences for this highly vulnerable population.”
This extreme situation could “force many people to resort to desperate measures, such as dangerous boat journeys” to reach other destinations.
The UN also noted that more than half of the refugee population in the camps are women and girls, “who are at greater risk of gender-based violence and exploitation.”
In addition, a third of the refugees are between the ages of 10 and 24 and “lacking access to formal education, adequate vocational training and opportunities to gain independence, they are deprived of future prospects.”
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