The World Food Program said it would reduce the value of its food assistance to $10 per person from $12. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK - The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
The World Food Program said it would reduce the value of its food assistance to US$10 per person from US$12 from March.The WFP appealed for US$125 million in urgent funding, warning of “immense and long-lasting” repercussions on food security and nutrition in camps rife with malnutrition, where more than a third of children are stunted and underweight.
Cuts could cause more Rohingya to take desperate measures to seek work, said Mr Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Bangladesh’s refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, who is based in Cox’s Bazar, the border district where the refugees live. A boat carrying 69 Rohingya landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday, the UN refugee agency said.
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