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Operation Insaniyat: India to provide humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Days after Dhaka briefed New Delhi about the problems faced by it due to the influx of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, India will on Thursday send a consignment of humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh.

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Days after Dhaka briefed New Delhi about the problems faced by it due to the influx of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, India will on Thursday send a consignment of humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh.

"In response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of refugees into Bangladesh, government of India has decided to extend assistance to Bangladesh," said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement

The relief material consists of items required urgently by the affected people, namely rice, pulses, sugar, salt, cooking oil, tea, ready to eat noodles, biscuits, mosquito nets etc.

 

The MEA said that the relief material will be delivered in multiple consignments. "The first tranche of which will be brought to Chittagong by an Indian Air Force plane on 14th September 2017," the release said.

Stating that India has always responded readily and swiftly to any crisis in Bangladesh, MEA said, "India stands ready to provide any assistance required by Government of Bangladesh in this hour of need."

According to the UN estimates, over 379,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into Bangladesh since August 25 when fresh wave of violence erupted.

According to media reports, the violence began when Rohingya militants attacked police posts in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state.

Bangladesh had earlier said the new influx of Rohingya refugees is an unbearable additional burden on the country which has been hosting around 400,000 Myanmar nationals who had to leave their country in the past due to communal violence and repeated military operations.

 

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