WFP appeals for $125 million in urgent funding, warning of “huge and long-lasting” repercussions on food security and nutrition in malnutrition-ridden camps where more than a third of children are stunted and underweight .
Onno Van Manen, Save the Children country director in Bangladesh, said: “That the international donor community is now turning its back on half a million Rohingya children and their families truly shows the extent of their commitment to some of the world’s most vulnerable people. ” , said in a statement.
The UN human rights agency said in a statement that the two UN special envoys, Michael Fakhri and Thomas Andrews, warned of the “disastrous consequences” of funding shortfalls if they cut rations just before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. was unconscious”. ,
Bangladesh’s refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, who lives in the border district of Cox’s Bazar where the refugees live, said the cuts could lead to more Rohingyas taking desperate measures to seek work.