Canadians have donated $12.5M to Myanmar refugee crisis, government intends to match it

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canadians have donated a total of $12.5 million towards easing the refugee crisis in Myanmar, a sum the federal government intends to match.

Bibeau says the federal money will go to humanitarian agencies helping refugees in camps and settlements in Bangladesh and those displaced within Myanmar.

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She says an additional 600,000 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have poured into Bangladesh since the end of August, doubling the exodus from Myanmar.

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The minister says the federal government has now contributed more than $37.5 million to the crisis so far.

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Canada’s aid will go towards addressing the needs of women and girls, including survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, pregnant and nursing women and woman-headed households.

The effort will include sexual and reproductive health services, as well as psycho-social counselling.