Cox’s Bazar — Humanitarian organisations helping Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh said on Wednesday they needed $434m over the next six months, to help up to 1.2-million people, most of them children, who needed life-saving help. There are an estimated 809,000 Rohingya sheltering in Bangladesh after fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar, more than 500,000 of whom have arrived since August 25 to join 300,000 Rohingya who are already there. "The Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar is highly vulnerable, many having experienced severe trauma, and are now living in extremely difficult conditions," Robert Watkins, UN resident co-ordinator in Bangladesh, said in a release, referring to the Bangladeshi district where most Rohingya are living. Bangladesh and humanitarian organisations are struggling to help the 509,000 Rohingya who have arrived since August 25, when attacks by Rohingya militants triggered a Myanmar military offensive that the UN has branded ethnic cleansing. Myanm...
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