Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival: ‘People Will Die’
At the world’s largest refugee camp, for Rohingya people in Bangladesh, the food allowance per person is set to fall to just $6 per month, far below what aid officials say is required for survival.
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brace for upcoming food reductions as aid agencies cut funding
Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact ...ABC News - Mar. 8 -
Eating on $6 a month: Rohingya refugees brace for food reductions amid aid cuts by U.S. and others
Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month.NBC News - 6d -
UN secretary-general arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya refugee camps and push for aid
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'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region
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'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region
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UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar
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Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit
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UN chief urges increased humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees
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