EU provides additional €16 million in humanitarian aid to Myanmar and Bangladesh

The European Union announced on the 6th that it will provide an additional 16 million euros in aid to Myanmar and Bangladesh to respond to the humanitarian needs in Myanmar and the Rohingya refugees in Myanmar.

According to an announcement issued by the European Commission that day, the EU will provide food, nutrition, medical and other assistance to Myanmar to deal with domestic food shortages, climate change, rising oil prices and recent floods.

At the same time, the EU will provide food, medical care, asylum and other assistance to Bangladesh to support the Rohingya refugees pouring into Bangladesh and the communities hosting Rohingya refugees.

The announcement stated that since January this year, in addition to this round of additional 16 million euros in aid, the EU has provided more than 50 million euros in aid to Myanmar and countries affected by the humanitarian situation in Myanmar, such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India, and has provided more than 23 million euros in aid to Bangladesh.

In August 2017, the Rohingya issue broke out in Myanmar, and hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fled to Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh. According to EU statistics, Bangladesh currently hosts about 1.2 million Rohingya refugees. Due to the continuous influx of new refugees, the refugee camps are under increasing pressure.

In Myanmar, affected by armed conflicts in recent years, the problem of internal displacement has worsened, and local humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The European Union announced on the 6th that there are currently more than 4 million internally displaced people in Myanmar.