UK to still fund Myanmar camps despite fears of 'apartheid-like' conditions

Sub-title: 

Humanitarian agencies say Rohingya people displaced by violence in Rakhine state are forced to live in squalid conditions

Description: 

"The UK has broken ranks with the UN and will keep funding “closed” Rohingya camps inside Myanmar despite fears that doing so may entrench “apartheid-like” conditions in the country, the Guardian has learned. Internal briefing documents as well as interviews with UN and humanitarian agency officials in Myanmar showed the British government was maintaining a policy of providing aid and other support to displaced people living in camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state that have been slated for closure since 2017. The facilities have been criticised for being squalid, unsanitary and entrenching the segregation of Rohingya and other Muslim minorities, who in most cases are prevented from leaving..."

Creator/author: 

Emanuel Stoakes, Michael Safi

Source/publisher: 

"The Guardian" (UK)

Date of Publication: 

2019-12-11

Date of entry: 

2019-12-11

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar, Bangladesh

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • English