More than 1 million Rohingya people live in Bangladesh, many of whom fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017.
The United Nations is appealing for more donations to help Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh.
In its annual response plan to the crisis, the United Nations called for $852.4 million to provide food and other aid to mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees and their host communities.
Bangladesh hosts more than a million largely stateless ethnic minorities, many of whom fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017, and the conflict continues to escalate.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement on Wednesday that about 95% of Bangladesh's Rohingya population remained dependent on humanitarian aid.
“As the conflict in Myanmar intensifies, international solidarity with Bangladesh and refugee protection are needed now more than ever.”
The United Nations made a similar appeal last year, asking countries to provide $876 million to help the Rohingya, but only $440 million was provided.
UNHCR has warned that significant funding shortfalls in recent years are having a “severe impact” as the humanitarian crisis receives little international attention.
The report warned that many refugees were struggling to meet their basic needs and argued that “continued support is urgently and urgently needed.”
The report said more than 75 per cent of refugees receiving assistance were women and children, adding that they faced “heightened risks of abuse, exploitation and gender-based violence”.
“More than half of the refugees in the camps are under the age of 18 and are struggling with limited opportunities for education, skills development and livelihoods,” UNHCR said.
The agency said donations will be used to pay for food, housing, medical care, access to drinking water, protective services, education and other assistance.
Many Rohingya seeking to escape camp conditions are attempting dangerous and often deadly sea journeys to Malaysia and Indonesia.
Meanwhile, there has been little progress towards repatriating refugees to Myanmar, which faces a UN genocide investigation over a 2017 crackdown.
In 2021, the military seized power in Myanmar and overthrew the democratically elected government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
“Myanmar's human rights situation has retreated from the spotlight of world politics and turned into an endless nightmare,” UN human rights chief Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council this month.
