Bangladesh. Noor cooks lunch for her family in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, after shopping at one of the e-voucher food outlets run by WFP and partners in the camp

Photo: ©WFP/Samantha Reinders

Bangladesh has been hosting almost 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar since 2017. The crisis remains one of the world’s largest and most protracted humanitarian emergencies. The refugees, who live in temporary shelters in a highly congested camp setting of Cox’s Bazar, are entirely dependent on humanitarian assistance for survival. In 2024, 23.6 million people across Bangladesh, including 300,000 Rohingya refugees, faced high levels of food insecurity.

JOINT HUB SUPPORT

With significant funding shortfalls for assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, in 2023 the Joint Hub was requested to support UNHCR and WFP to develop a shared prioritization approach. The Joint Hub conducted a thorough technical and best practice review of the planned Prioritization and Targeting Exercise, working to strengthen Accountability to Affected People (AAP) mechanisms to mainstream protection. 