Bangladesh: Rohingya

(asked on 23rd January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of the World Bank in resolving the humanitarian crisis of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 30th January 2018

The World Bank has a potentially important role to play in the Rohingya refugee crisis, alongside other development partners. The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) Refugee Window, to which the UK contributes, is a dedicated source of funding for host governments struggling to meet the needs of refugees and their host communities. At the request of the Government of Bangladesh, in November 2017 a World Bank mission investigated how the IDA Refugee Window could be used to support the Rohingya crisis. It is now up to the Government of Bangladesh whether it wants to request support.

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