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KSRelief reaches Bangladesh to help distressed Rohingyas

Saudi aid organizati­on was the first to help 500,000 refugees from Myanmar, says UNHCR

- ARAB NEWS

KSRelief signed an agreement with the UNHCR on Wednesday for a joint project to “establish mutually beneficial cooperatio­n aimed at assisting the vulnerable and disadvanta­ged, through which both parties will support refugees and host communitie­s.”

The agreement was signed by Grandi, and the supervisor general of KSRelief, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah.

Al-Rabeeah told reporters that “the Kingdom stands with the needy around the world and has assisted victims in 38 countries through the provision of 232 humanitari­an and relief programs.”

Al-Rabeeah said the Kingdom hosts 561,911 Yemeni refugees, 262,573 Syrian refugees and more than 300,000 Burmese refugees, and has provided them with all necessary facilities and services to enjoy a dignified life.

Following the signing, the UN High Commission­er for Refugees said in a press statement that KSRelief has helped the UN on many occasions.

“I recently met with the center’s delegation in Bangladesh,” Grandi said. “(KSRelief) was the first organizati­on to visit the Rohingya refugee camps, where some 500,000 refugees from Myanmar stay, to assess their needs.”

That was just one example of the center’s work, Grandi explained. “There are also many examples in Yemen and Syria.”

He added that the new agreement “makes our cooperatio­n stronger. The overall framework of the project will give very important support at the institutio­nal level, and we are now in a real partnershi­p with the center.”

JEDDAH: The King Salman Humanitari­an Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) was the first organizati­on to visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh to assess their needs, the UN High Commission­er for Refugees Filippo Grandi has revealed.

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