Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Government of Bangladesh on registration of international NGO's to support humanitarian work for Rohingya refugees in that country.
We have been urging the Government of Bangladesh to grant appropriate permissions to facilitate the important work of NGOs. This issue is raised regularly with the Bangladesh Government, including by DFID and FCO officials from the British High Commission in Bangladesh. It has also been raised at ministerial level, including with the Government of Bangladesh during a joint visit by FCO and DFID Ministers to Bangladesh in September 2017.