Australia has ramped up emergency aid to Myanmar as an asylum seeker boat crisis leaves thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says $6 million will be provided for emergency food and shelter.
The United Nations refugee arm will receive $2 million to provide shelter for displaced people in Rakhine and Kachin states, $3 million will go to the World Food Program and $1 million to an emergency response fund.
