Dubai sends tents for Rohingyas

Dubai’s ruler is sending a Boeing 747 cargo plane loaded with tents to shelter Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

The foreign ministry of the United Arab Emirates said the plane is carrying over 110 tonnes of tents made available by the United Nations refugee agency.

The ministry said on Wednesday the plane sent by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the second to leave Dubai’s International Humanitarian City in recent days. Another UNHCR shipment carried jerrycans, sleeping mats, tarps, blankets and kitchen sets. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have sought refuge in Bangladesh.