Italy announces 3m Euro for Rohingya refugees

Italy has announced EUR 3 million for the continued protection and humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

The announcement was made yesterday by Enrico Nunziata, Italian ambassador to Bangladesh, while Johannes van der Klaauw, UNHCR representative in Bangladesh, welcomed it.

"The contribution from Italy will enable the UNHCR to provide protection services such as registration, access to justice, support for survivors of gender-based violence, community-based protection and child-friendly spaces," the UN Refugee Agency said in a statement yesterday.

It will also empower the refugee communities, through education, by training teachers to implement the Myanmar curriculum in the camps, and skills development for women, to improve their resilience until they can return to Myanmar.