US to provide US$116mil in humanitarian aid for Myanmar and Bangladesh; move also to support Rohingya refugees


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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): The United States will provide an additional $116 million in humanitarian aid for Myanmar, Bangladesh and the surrounding region to support Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

With this new funding, the United States' total assistance for those affected by the crisis in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the region totals more than US$2.2 billion since August 2017, when over 740,000 Rohingya fled genocide, Blinken said.

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