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The Rakhine Conflict

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Islamic Relief is monitoring the Rohingya and Rakhine conflict in Myanmar with great concern. While there is clearly a great and urgent need for external assistance, at present Islamic Relief has no registration allowing us to work in Myanmar.  However, our disaster response staff are on standby for deployment.

As the situation develops, Islamic Relief’s programme department is pursuing all opportunities to officially register in Myanmar and it has also asked its Bangladesh office to explore ways in which any assistance can be organised from their side of the border.

We are also actively exploring other options; the Humanitarian Department is in close contact with local NGOs and INGOs who are active in Myanmar. We are also in contact with the UNHCR representatives in Myanmar to get their up-to-date assessments and we are also assessing whether we can work with local partners and are keeping close contact with them.