Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) potential for an escalation of violence in Myanmar, (b) level of threat to Rohingya groups and (c) security situation in that region.

We are concerned about the escalation of the conflict, the continued restrictions on humanitarian access, the increasing risk of atrocities including to the Rohingya and other minorities, in Myanmar. There are reports that over 2 million people are now displaced and 18.4 million in need of humanitarian assistance. In Rakhine State, where most of the Rohingya in Myanmar reside, over 50,000 people have been displaced in the past two weeks. The British Embassy in Yangon are closely monitoring the risk of further violence across Myanmar and ensuring our humanitarian assistance reaches those most in need.