Dhaka, July 19 -- Reductions in funding for a community maintenance programme in the Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar have not only affected their incomes but also compromised safety during the monsoon season, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned.

In the world's largest and most congested refugee camp, home to over one million Rohingyas, life is always difficult. But monsoon rains make conditions even worse-turning narrow paths treacherous and threatening essential sanitation infrastructure such as latrines and water points with landslides.

Since 2020, UNHCR has supported a programme where refugees were paid small amounts to carry out essential work like path repairs and slope stabilisation.

It offered more than income-refugees could ...