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The Foreign Secretary visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where over a million Rohingya Muslim people are living in refugee camps.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson today (9 February) met the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will begin a four day tour to Asia today (9 February) where he will visit Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand.
Medical professionals, including doctors, nurses and paramedics, will return this weekend having spent up to 6 weeks helping more than 3,000 displaced Rohingya.
UK is contributing to a vaccination programme which will protect more than 350,000 vulnerable Rohingya children from a deadly outbreak of diphtheria.
More than 40 British doctors, nurses and firefighters from the UK’s Emergency Medical Team are going to Bangladesh to treat the disease.
The UK government reassures Bangladesh of its support to address the plight of the Rohingya.
Minister for Asia Mark Field spoke in Westminster Hall about the situation the Rohingya people are facing and how the UK is assisting in Burma and Bangladesh.
Ms Mordaunt pledged that the UK will continue to stand by the Rohingya people and Bangladesh, now and in the future.
Minister of State Mark Field's speech to 13th Asian-European (ASEM) Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma on 20 November 2017.
The United Nations Security Council has agreed a Presidential Statement on the situation in Burma.
Minister for Human Rights Lord Ahmad spoke to the All Party Parliamentary Group on this issue about progress of freedom of religion or belief internationally.
The UK has led the way in providing support for the Rohingya crisis – the world’s fastest growing humanitarian catastrophe – by committing a further £12 million.
International Development Secretary announces that additional £2 million of public donations will be matched by the UK government.
Of the amount raised so far, £1.2 million has been provided by UK aid, pledged by the British Government to make public donations go that much further.
The UK pledges extra help for the victims of the Burmese military’s atrocities by doubling donations made by the British public to the cause.
International Development Minister Alistair Burt has led talks on the situation in Rakhine State with key individuals in Bangladesh.
Priti Patel has continued her calls for humanitarian access into Burma to ensure that further lives are not lost.
Mark Field, UK Minister for Asia, has called on the international community to keep up pressure on Burma to stop the violence in Rakhine.
UK Trade Envoy to Bangladesh flies the flag for the UK rail industry as UK Export Finance support to Bangladesh rises to £625 million.
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