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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

UK pledges £27m in new aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

The UK government announced £27m in fresh humanitarian funding to support more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh amid a warning the crisis was nearing collapse due to dwindling aid.

The package was unveiled earlier this week by foreign secretary Yvette Cooper ahead of a key UN conference on Myanmar and the plight of the war-torn country’s minority groups like the Rohingya.

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