Office Of The Refugee Relief And Repatriation Commissioner

This office was established in 1992 following the arrival of an estimated 250,000 Rohingya people into Bangladesh from the Rakhine State in Myanmar. Headed by the RRRC, the office is located in the Cox's Bazar town of Bangladesh, approximately 390km south-west of its capital city, Dhaka. Functioning under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) it is responsible for the provision of humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya population in Bangladesh with support of the UN and the international community. The overall management of the Rohingya response lies with this office and hence it, in coordination with other gov. organizations and UN agencies, has been planning, coordinating and monitoring the humanitarian response programmes run by a wide range of humanitarian actors including INGOs and NGOs. The office is also committed to permanent solutions of the Rohingya crisis by planning safe and dignified repatriation and facilitating the resettlement of third countries