INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been slashed in half by the World Food Programme, days after refugees in Kenya
protested against a reduction to their rations.The WFP, which is funded entirely by voluntary contributions and provides assistance to more
than 150 million people, said it did not have enough funds to continue to provide the full ration so would be reducing the food voucher to
attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful and because cost-saving measures could not cover the funding shortfall.Daniel Sullivan,
the director for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East at Refugees International, said the cut to aid for Rohingya refugees was a result of
that when food rations were previously cut in 2023, until the US filled a funding shortfall, there was an increase in malnutrition and
they must spend at WFP outlets in the camps
Refugees said that at current costs the voucher would amount to enough to buy 10kg of rice, 1.5kg of lentils and 500g of salt.Mohammed
lead to crime in the community as refugees struggle to make ends meet
beings, just like the people in [western] nations
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Alom, a Rohingya refugee in Balukhali camp, said that the prices of food and other basic necessities had more than doubled in Bangladesh
But now, they are cutting down the ration even further
refugee camp, which hosts 300,000 people, and four refugees were injured in clashes with Kenyan police.The WFP also said this week that a
million people in Somalia could fall into crisis levels of hunger because of conflict, drought and inflation but that it would have to
reduce the support it provided because it was $300m short of funding for the next six months.In a statement on the situation in Somalia, it
