Food rations for Rohingya refugees to be cut by half: UN – DW – 03/06/2025


Food rations for Rohingya refugees to be cut by half: UN – DW – 03/06/2025

Published 6 March 2025 Food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will be reduced by half starting next month, the United Nations has warned. The measure, which will affect around 1 million members of the stateless mostly Muslim ethnic minority, is due to "severe funding shortfalls," the UN World Food Program (WFP) said Wednesday. "Unfortunately, we have still not received sufficient funding, and cost-saving measures alone are not enough," the organization said. What do the cuts mean for the Rohingya refugees? Around 1.1 million Rohingya live in overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, most of whom fled a military crackdown in neighboring Myanmar's Rakhine state in 2017. The UN has opened a genocide investigation into the military operation.