The United Nations refugee agency reports a severe funding crisis impacting the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The financial support has dwindled largely due to an increased focus on defense spending by the West. This crisis threatens essential services, including health and education, for the over one million Rohingya refugees. Current funding levels are drastically low, with only 35 percent of the UNHCR's $255 million appeal met. Without sufficient funding, critical health services may collapse by September, and food assistance may cease by December.
The plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could rapidly deteriorate further unless more funding can be secured for critical assistance services.
With the acute global funding crisis, the critical needs of both newly arrived refugees and those already present will be unmet.
Health services will be severely disrupted by September, and by December, essential food assistance will stop.
The World Food Programme announced that severe funding shortfalls for Rohingya were forcing a cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6 per person.
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