Newly-arrived Rohingya refugees wait to board trucks to transfer to a temporary shelter after villagers rejected their relocated camp, in Banda Aceh on December 11, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)

DHAKA - Australia will provide around $235 million to Bangladesh for dignified return of more than 1 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their motherland in Myanmar, local media reported Monday.

The commitment came when outgoing Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Bruer made a farewell call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, the national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported.

On the Rohingya issue, the envoy reiterated his country's support to Bangladesh for dignified return of forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar, saying his country would give some $235 million for them.

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More than 1 million displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar are living in Cox's Bazar, some 300 km southeast of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.