Dhaka, March 22 -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has warned that brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk.
The consequences for people fleeing danger, he said, will be immediate and devastating.
"We appeal to member states to honour their commitments to displaced people.
Now is the time for solidarity, not retreat," Grandi said in a statement on Thursday, highlighting the impact of global aid cuts on refugees.
He added that refugee women and girls, already at extreme risk of rape and other forms of abuse, are losing access to vital services that once kept them safe.
Children are being left without teachers or schools, which pushes them into child labour, trafficking, or ear...