The “unconscionable” cuts to aid will have “devastating” consequences on the 730,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh in 2017 – a move which highlights “the limits of [the donor community’s] commitment,” charity heads said in a statement.
Food assistance will be reduced from $12 to $10 per person, the World Food Program confirmed, while warning of “immense and long-lasting” repercussions on food security.
The funding shortfall is a result of the pandemic, economic downturn and other global crises, the WFP said.
