Dhaka, March 10 -- It is worrying that the United Nation has announced to reduce its monthly food aid for over one million Rohingya refugees camped in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char in Bangladesh from April due to fund crunch.
These refugees from the Arakan State of Myanmar have been living here solely depending on humanitarian assistance since 2017.
And slashing of this aid will bring catastrophe for them. Even officials engaged in relief work said the present allocation of $12.50 per month per person is also insufficient.
It is to be noted that the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) in a letter on Wednesday said that severe funding shortfalls are forcing it to cut in monthly food vouchers of the refugees living in the different camps.
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