<p>The United States announced on Tuesday $26 million in new humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and elsewhere in that region of Asia.</p>.<p>Around one million members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, many after fleeing a 2017 military crackdown in neighboring Myanmar. The onslaught caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/fire-at-rohingya-camp-in-bangladesh-leaves-refugees-homeless-1197719.html" target="_blank">Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh leaves refugees homeless</a></strong><br /><br />"This new funding allows our humanitarian partners to continue providing life-saving assistance to affected communities on both sides of the Burma Bangladesh border," State Department spokesman Ned Price said, using the old name for Myanmar.</p>.<p>He said the new money raises to $2.1 billion the total of US aid provided to the Rohingya people since August 2017.</p>.<p>The United Nations said Tuesday it needs $876 million to meet the humanitarian needs of the Rohingya in Bangladesh, after dwindling donations forced a cut to their food rations.</p>
<p>The United States announced on Tuesday $26 million in new humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and elsewhere in that region of Asia.</p>.<p>Around one million members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, many after fleeing a 2017 military crackdown in neighboring Myanmar. The onslaught caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/fire-at-rohingya-camp-in-bangladesh-leaves-refugees-homeless-1197719.html" target="_blank">Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh leaves refugees homeless</a></strong><br /><br />"This new funding allows our humanitarian partners to continue providing life-saving assistance to affected communities on both sides of the Burma Bangladesh border," State Department spokesman Ned Price said, using the old name for Myanmar.</p>.<p>He said the new money raises to $2.1 billion the total of US aid provided to the Rohingya people since August 2017.</p>.<p>The United Nations said Tuesday it needs $876 million to meet the humanitarian needs of the Rohingya in Bangladesh, after dwindling donations forced a cut to their food rations.</p>