Recalibrating the Rohingya Response: 2025-26 Joint Response Plan

Summary:

The 2025/26 Joint Response Plan (JRP) was launched in March 2025, following a consultative planning process, as a two-year framework under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh with a one-year budget cycle to ensure flexibility in addressing the Rohingya refugee crisis. Anchored in five strategic objectives:

1. Work towards the early, voluntary, and sustainable repatriation of Rohingya refugees/FDMNs to Myanmar.
2. Strengthen the protection of Rohingya refugee/FDMN women, men, girls, and boys.
3. Deliver life-saving assistance to populations in need.
4. Foster the well-being of host communities, including income generation, employment, and access to basic services, with a focus on localization and capacity-building.
5. Strengthen disaster risk management and combat the effects of climate change.

JRP 2025/26 calls for sustained humanitarian assistance while promoting targeted efforts to strengthen coping capacities within the camps and in vulnerable hosting communities who continue to be impacted by the presence of such a large Rohingya refugee/FDMN population, in line with the policies and priorities of the Government of Bangladesh. As the refugee crisis enters its ninth year, the UN and its partners call on the international community to extend their support to address the prioritized needs of Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities that are hosting them. Between January 2026 to December 2026, the JRP requires $710.5 million to reach 1.6 million people, including Rohingya refugees sheltered in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char and Bangladeshi host communities in Ukhiya and Teknaf.

In 2026, it brings together 98 partners, including UN Agencies and NGOs, half of which are national organizations from Bangladesh.

The publication is a two-page snapshot update of the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Joint Response Plan 2025- 2026.