UK Minister for International Development Jenny Chapman will visit Bangladesh on 13–14 November 2025 for her first engagement with Rohingya women and girls. The British High Commission in Dhaka said the visit will confirm continuing UK support and include reviews of UK‑funded programmes to prevent violence against women and girls among Rohingya refugees.
The trip follows the Government’s 30 September announcement of a £27 million package to provide life‑saving assistance for more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Delivery is through established UN and NGO partners, covering food, shelter, safe water and protection for refugees and host communities.
Within that allocation, the FCDO highlighted services for women and girls, including sexual and reproductive health support for an estimated 175,000 people and assistance for survivors of gender‑based violence. The programme also supports camp management, legal documentation and hygiene services through agencies such as WFP, IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF and UNFPA.
In Dhaka, Baroness Chapman is due to meet interim government figures, including Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman and BIDA Chairman Ashik Chowdhury. She will also join a roundtable on UK–Bangladesh cooperation on irregular migration.
She will also confirm a £30 million uplift to the Resilience and Adaptation Fund, with £4 million for Bangladesh. The uplift extends to Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, the Sahel, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Uganda, with programmes aimed at strengthening household resilience to climate shocks.
According to the FCDO, the Fund will provide practical training, including climate‑resilient farming designed to withstand seasonal flooding and cyclones, reaching tens of thousands of households. This complements skills and livelihoods support embedded in the September humanitarian package.
On policy, the UK restated that any repatriation of Rohingya to Myanmar must be safe, voluntary and dignified and only when conditions allow. As UN Security Council penholder on Myanmar, the UK said it convened several Council meetings in 2024 and early 2025 to keep the crisis on the agenda.
Since 2017 the UK has provided more than £447 million for the Rohingya response in Bangladesh. The September announcement said the new £27 million allocation will be delivered through established partners to ensure support reaches those most in need.
Delivery channels identified by the FCDO include time‑bound food assistance through WFP, documentation and legal aid via UNHCR, water, sanitation and health services with UNICEF, sexual and reproductive health through UNFPA, and multi‑agency NGO support for Rohingya and vulnerable host communities.