COX'S BAZAR, Aug. 25 -- Nearly 88 percent of the funding under the 2026 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian response is held by UN agencies, while local NGOs receive only 2.5 percent of the funding allocated for the refugee camps, according to research presented at a press conference here on Tuesday.

The findings were presented at a press conference titled "Where Is the Funding for the Rohingya Response Going?" organised by the Cox's Bazar CSO-NGO Forum (CCNF) and COAST Foundation at the Cox's Bazar Press Club.

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