US To Give $116 Mn In Humanitarian Aid To Myanmar, Bangladesh

The United States will provide an additional USD 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 on Thursday.

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